The Innocent
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN-13
- 9781509827282
- Type
- novel
About this book
David Baldacci introduced Will Robie in The Innocent on January 1, 2012, establishing the government assassin the CIA sends when a problem needs to disappear quietly and permanently. The 480-page opener sets the tone for the tight, globe-hopping action-thrillers that follow.
Key facts about The Innocent
David Baldacci wrote The Innocent, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 January 2012. The book has 480 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781509827282 to find the main one.
The Innocent is book 1 of 6 in the Will Robie series. The series has 6 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. End Game is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 1 January 2017.
Additionally, David Baldacci writes Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, Camel Club and A. Shaw, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our thriller, espionage thriller and historical crime shelves. Meanwhile, All In is the latest published David Baldacci book on file, from 10 November 2026.
About David Baldacci
David Baldacci is an American thriller writer and one of the genre's most prolific and consistently bestselling names, with over 150 million books in print and dozens of New York Times bestsellers since his 1996 debut, Absolute Power — a political conspiracy thriller adapted into the 1997 film starring Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman. See every David Baldacci book in order.
Its place in Will Robie
The Innocent is book 1 in the Will Robie series. It is followed by The Hit. See the full Will Robie reading order.
Will Robie is a government assassin — the person the CIA sends when a problem needs to disappear quietly and permanently — whose professional detachment starts cracking once he's paired with fellow operative Jessica Reel and asked to hunt down one of their own. David Baldacci runs the series as tight, globe-hopping action-thrillers rather than whodunits: less about puzzling out who committed a crime and more about watching two lethally competent people navigate conspiracies that reach into their own agency. The…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780330520324
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781607885719
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781607885733