He had become “an acquired savant with hyperthymesia and synesthesia abilities.” His injury gave him “one of the most exceptional brains in the world. When he recovered, his brain had been rewired. After playing football in college, he tried out for a professional team - only to be blindsided in his first game by a vicious hit to his head. We learn that Decker is one of the most unusual detectives any novelist has dreamed up.
On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. The killer starts leaving messages that taunt Decker. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. There’s evidence that the killing of his family and the rampage at the school are connected. The police invite Decker to join the investigation. Then a masked intruder kills eight students and teachers at the local high school. One day the police tell him that a man has confessed to the murders. He has quit the police force, lost his home and car and now he’s working as a private investigator and living in a motel. The author’s new hero, the Memory Man, is Amos Decker, a detective in a small town in the Midwest who comes home one night to find his wife and 9-year-old daughter slaughtered. It’s big, bold and almost impossible to put down. “Memory Man,” although strange in some ways, is interesting and highly entertaining. Starting with “Absolute Power” in 1996, Baldacci has in less than 20 years published an amazing 30 novels, almost all of them best-sellers.
It may be useful to think of David Baldacci’s “Memory Man” as a master class in the art of the best-seller. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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