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. 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. Decker will have to find out if the confession is real or not, as well as try and figure out why someone might want Mars released.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. Melvin was due for execution when someone came in and confessed to the crimes. This book sees Decker taking a job with the FBI and put on the case of Melvin Mars. A man comes to the police station and confesses to his family’s murders which causes the police to bring Decker in to help put the pieces together.īaldacci followed that book up with The Last Mile. The book picks up when he is working as a private investigator. The killer is a mystery, but Decker remembers everything from that night and that cost him his entire life. He’d love to forget this painful memory, but he is unable to. This comes into play nearly two decades later when Decker is working as a police detective and his family has been murdered. Decker’s injury made it so he couldn’t forget anything in his life. On the very first play of his NFL career, he had a violent collision that took him off the field and left him with a unique brain injury. However, once he began to play – his career ended. He was a big, towering athlete who became the first person from his town to play in the NFL.
The first book is called Memory Man and introduces us to Amos Decker. If You Like Amos Decker / Memory Man Books, You’ll Love…
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