Friends Author Series: An Evening with David Baldacci, Author of Nash Falls

An evening with New York Times-bestselling author David Baldacci in conversation with writer Greg Wands. They will discuss Baldacci's new book, Nash Falls, the debut in a promised series about Walter Nash, who is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network and his life is turned completely upside down.

In the book, Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family. However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father’s funeral, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They have an important request: Become their inside man to expose an enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through Sybaritic. At the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for years. Nash has little choice but to accept the FBI’s demands and try to bring Steers and her partners to justice. But when Steers discovers that Nash is working with the FBI, she turns the tables on him in a way he never could have contemplated. And that forces Nash to take the ultimate step both to survive and to take his revenge: He must become the exact opposite of who he has always been. And even that may not be enough.

Book sale and signing by Elm Street Books.

Reception at 6 p.m.; program from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30 for Friends members; $40 for the general public.Ticket purchase comes with a copy of Nash Falls. Ticket holders will also receive a sneak-preview to his next book, out March 2026.

Registration required.

David Baldacci is an award-winning global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favorite storytellers. His books are published in more than 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with more than 200 million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. Baldacci is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across the U.S. He is a resident of his native Virginia.

Greg Wands writes for the page and screen. An avid lifelong reader, he grew up in Sag Harbor, NY, and now calls Manhattan home. He currently has a TV series and feature film projects in the works. He has written four books with Elizabeth Keenan under the pen name of E.G. Scott: The Woman Inside, In Case of Emergency, The Rule of Three, and Trust Issues, and they cohost the podcast Imposter Hour with Liz & Greg. He also co-wrote the audio novella, The Gimlet Slip, with his partner Fiona Davis.