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. Decker is visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when hes approached by a man named Meryl Hawkins. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation. Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in the latest Memory Man thriller in David Baldaccis 1 New York Times bestselling series.

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. The second time was at home nearly two decades later. 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. And the fast-food places also did brisk business, fattening both the young and old to impossible degrees and foretelling diabetes, cancer, stroke and heart disease stats blowing right through the roof.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. From what Decker had seen, the two most popular food items purchased there were Hamburger Helper by the kilo and sugary orange pop by the barrel. There were two grocery store chains here.

Now, with all the manufacturing outsourced overseas, the only thing one could build here was misery. The story is played out in a depressed post-industrial city that once '(built) what America and the rest of the world needed. Some people can't go back? I really can't go forward.' It's like a picture that never ever fades. They are as vivid today as the day it happened. Baldacci weaves the personal story of Amos' hellish existence - unable to control the replaying of the worst moments in his life - with a terrific mystery plot.Īt one point, Amos explains his situation to a journalist, 'For me time does not heal, because my mind no longer allows for the passage of time to dull my memories.

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