The FBI is brought in to lead the investigation and they are not so sure about the 350 lb, bearded Amos Decker. Somehow the two crimes are connected, but the man who confessed was in lockup when the murders at the school took place. The same day a massacre takes place at the high school. So when Amos Decker arrives home after a grueling day of work as a police detective to find his brother-in-law, wife and daughter brutally murdered, it takes every ounce of strength he has not to take his own life.Ī little more than a year later and Decker is barely hanging on, living in a hotel and only just existing, when a man walks into the police station and confesses to the murders. A hit that would cause the need for resuscitation twice and left him with a brain that was fully utilized, leaving him with both hyperthymesiaand synesthesia. He cannot forget anything and numbers and feelings invoke colors. One solitary play that would change his life forever. Ten years ago Amos Decker stepped onto an NFL football field for one play. He not only allows you to see Decker work, you get to know him. The character development with Amos Decker is one of the most intriguing and engaging portrayal of a character I have read in a while. A Propensity to Discuss review.Īnd now I have finished reading his newest book, Memory Man. And I have always been in awe of his writing, his character development, his plot twists and his ability to throw in a shocker ending. Then The Winner, you guessed it, I loved it. And then I read the book, written by Baldacci from which the movie was adapted. It soon becomes apparent that the shooting is somehow related to the killing of his family 18 months before.The first I knew of David Baldacciwas after seeing the movie Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris). After his family is murdered in an unsolved case, Decker loses his will to live, and becomes a transient while working as a private investigator.Īfter a mass shooting at a local high school, Decker is asked to assist in solving the case by the local police force he used to work for. As his football career has ended, Decker becomes a police officer, and later a successful detective, while using his newly acquired mental abilities ( synesthesia and hyperthymesia). The novel was released in September 2015 by Grand Central Publishing.Īmos Decker is a former professional football player who was violently hit on his first play, resulting in severe injuries and changes to his brain. This is the first novel to feature the character Amos Decker. Memory Man is a crime novel about a man whose wife, daughter and brother in law were murdered, written by David Baldacci.
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