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The Walter Nash series by David Baldacci has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Nash Falls (2025). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Hope Rises.
Start here: Nash Falls (2025) — then read straight through in publication order.
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
David Baldacci launched his newest series in November 2025 with Nash Falls, a 448-page thriller in which the FBI draws Walter Nash into taking down a global criminal network that launders money through legitimate finance.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Nash FallsHope Rises follows five months later, in April 2026, at 416 pages, as Nash resurfaces under the alias Dillon Hope, working as an informant against a criminal operation run by the ruthless Victoria Steers.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Hope RisesWalter Nash is drawn in by the FBI to help take down a global criminal network that launders its money through legitimate finance, in David Baldacci's newest series, launched with Nash Falls in November 2025. The premise plays to Baldacci's long-standing interest in white-collar crime and the porous line between legal finance and organized crime, a thread also running through his Travis Devine series, but here filtered through an informant's-eye view of a criminal empire from the inside.
In Hope Rises (2026), Nash resurfaces under the alias Dillon Hope, working as an informant against a global criminal operation run by the ruthless Victoria Steers, with the stakes and his personal danger both escalating. A third book has been announced for 2027 but is not yet titled. Readers who enjoy Baldacci's finance-and-conspiracy thrillers — particularly the Travis Devine series — are the natural next stop.
Two so far: Nash Falls (November 2025) and Hope Rises (April 2026). A third book has been announced for 2027.
Publication order: Nash Falls, then Hope Rises. The story continues directly from book to book.
A man recruited by the FBI to help dismantle a global criminal network that launders money through legitimate finance; in Hope Rises he operates undercover as an informant using the alias Dillon Hope.
A third novel has been announced for 2027, but no title or exact date has been confirmed as of this writing.
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