![]() ![]() Baldacci supplies a multitude of clever touches as his wounded bear of a detective takes on a most ingenious enemy. A startling discovery links the school killings and those of his family. Rusty but still brilliant, he rejoins his former partner, detective Mary Lancaster, in investigating both cases. Amos Decker would forever remember all three of their violent deaths in the most paralyzing shade of blue. ![]() The arrest of Sebastian Leopold for the slaughter of his family and a mass shooting at a local high school combine to put an unwilling Decker back into the game with temporary credentials as a policeman. The first in the Amos Decker series, Memory Man is an astounding novel from blockbuster author David Baldacci, where an extraordinary man races to hunt down a terrible killer. At age 42, the grossly overweight Decker is barely scratching out a living as a PI. The injury induced hyperthymesia and synesthesia in Decker%E2%80%94he forgets nothing, and he %E2%80%9Ccounts in colors and sees time as pictures in head." Years later, the murders of his wife and daughter left him too grief-stricken to continue working as a cop in what may be Burlington, Vt. ![]() This strong first in a new thriller series from bestseller Baldacci (The Escape) introduces Amos Decker, the memory man, whose unique abilities are the result of a vicious hit he suffered as a 22-year-old NFL rookie that ended his football career. ![]()
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