david baldacci books in order memory man

I enjoyed the chase and watching Decker work with his former partner Mary Lancaster.

The mystery coupled with Decker’s own unique story is intense and filled with twists.

When a man confesses to the heinous crime, his family’s cold case begins to heat up and Decker might have found a reason to join the living. He is no longer on the force and has lost everything. Frankly he is doing a damn fine job of emulating the walking dead. Readers will love his Sherlockian methods and quirky mannerisms. The tale opens with Decker discovering his family violently murdered and then we fast forward a year later. It makes him one helluva detective but doesn’t allow this tormented soul to forget.

Amos Decker suffers from hyperthymesia a unique ability to remember everything he smells, sees, hears, and feels because of a football injury.

Memory Man not only had a compelling mystery but its hero made it even more interesting.įive Caffeinated Reasons to Grab your earbuds and listen to Memory Man A murder mystery thriller that came to life on audio thanks to narrators Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy. Memory Man by David Baldacci is the first in the Amos Decker series and one I will continue. And he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.Īnnd I have a new series to follow on audio. 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. But over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders.

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.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. 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 for good, and left him with an improbable side effect-he can never forget anything. 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 go pro. Amos Decker's life changed forever-twice. The first time was on the gridiron.

David baldacci books in order memory man