Series · espionage thriller

A. Shaw

The A. Shaw series by David Baldacci has 2 books and is best read in publication order, starting with The Whole Truth (2008).

Books: 2 books
First published: 2008
Status: completed
Last checked: 14 August 2026

Start here: The Whole Truth (2008) — then read straight through in publication order.

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

Book 1:
The Whole Truth
Novel2008
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Whole Truth
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Book 2:
Deliver Us from Evil
Novel2010
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Deliver Us from Evil
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About the A. Shaw series

Shaw — a towering international operative who goes by a single letter for a first name and carries a past defined by personal tragedy — works as an off-the-books fixer for a shadowy transatlantic intelligence-sharing operation, alongside investigative journalist Katie James. David Baldacci's shortest series, just two novels, trades his usual Washington-insider settings for globe-spanning espionage: The Whole Truth (2008) uncovers a defense contractor's scheme to manufacture a global crisis for profit, and Deliver Us from Evil (2010) sends Shaw after an arms dealer and war profiteer while his path crosses again with Katie James.

The two books function as a tight duology rather than an open-ended series, giving Shaw's personal loss and Katie's journalistic instincts room to resolve across a contained arc. Readers who want a leaner, faster international-thriller counterpart to Baldacci's more sprawling Washington series are the natural audience.

How to read this series

Publication order: The Whole Truth (2008) then Deliver Us from Evil (2010). The two books form a complete duology with a through-line for both Shaw and Katie James, so read them in order.