Researching intrigue, murder ... and relaxing

IF a publishing house was to create a writing machine, it would have to be modelled on David Baldacci. “When I’m on, when I’m in the zone, when I’ve got it all thought out clearly, I am very productive,” he says, citing his current release, The Sixth Man, as an example.

“My daughter’s going to college in Boston and she and my wife flew up there but I took a six-hour train ride up (from his Virginia home) and a six-hour train back because I wanted to finish this book.