Memory Man will stay with you long after the turn of the final page. And he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice. He must endure the memories he would much rather forget. To uncover the stunning truth, he must use his remarkable gifts and confront the burdens that go along with them. Decker also seizes his chance to learn what really happened to his family that night. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation.

He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up on the street, taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator when he can.īut over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders. His family destroyed, their killer’s identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare–his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered. What did you love best 5 likes like 7 years ago See all 6 answers Dave I like the fact that Decker has similarities to Jack Reacher, my favorite literary character. Started with Baldacci’s Aloysius Archer books and enjoyed them and immediately started on Amos Decker (Memory Man) novels. I have been looking for a writer of detective novels that could replace Michael Connolly after reading all of his Bosch series.

All David's work is stunning, but the thing I love best about this new series is his complex hero. I just started reading David Baldacci’s novels a month ago. The second time was at home nearly two decades later. This is the first book of David Baldacci's new series. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect–he can forget nothing. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL. This “impossible to put down” #1 New York Times bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family’s murder ( Washington Post).Īmos Decker’s life changed forever–twice.

Memory Man by David Baldacci