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2015 novel by David Baldacci

Memory Man
Hardcover edition
Author	David Baldacci
Language	English
Series	Amos Decker
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date	September 15, 2015
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages	432 pp (hardback)
ISBN	978-1455559817

Memory Man is a crime novel about a man whose wife, daughter and brother in law were murdered, written by David Baldacci. This is the first novel to feature the character Amos Decker. The novel was released in September 2015 by Grand Central Publishing.

Plot

Amos Decker is a former professional football player who was violently hit on his first play, resulting in severe injuries and changes to his brain. 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). 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.

After 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. It soon becomes apparent that the shooting is somehow related to the killing of his family 18 months before.

References

"Memory Man by David Baldacci". amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
"David Baldacci's 'Memory Man' is a master class in the art of the bestseller".
"Memory Man (Amos Decker #1) by David Baldacci". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2015-09-08.

External links

Official website

v t e Novels by David Baldacci
Camel Club	The Camel Club (2005) The Collectors (2006) Stone Cold (2007) Divine Justice (2008) Hell's Corner (2010)
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell	Split Second (2003) Hour Game (2004) Simple Genius (2007) First Family (2009) The Sixth Man (2011) King and Maxwell (2013)
Shaw and Katie James	The Whole Truth (2008) Deliver Us from Evil (2010)
John Puller	Zero Day (2011) The Forgotten (2012) The Escape (2014) No Man's Land (2016)
Will Robie	The Innocent (2012) The Hit (2013) The Target (2014) The Guilty (2015) End Game (2017)
Amos Decker	Memory Man (2015) The Last Mile (2016) The Fix (2017) The Fallen (2018) Redemption (2019) Walk the Wire (2020) Long Shadows (2022)
Freddy and the French Fries	Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive! (2005) Freddy and the French Fries: The Mystery of Silas Finklebean (2006)
Other novels	Absolute Power (1996) Total Control (1996) The Winner (1997) The Simple Truth (1998) Saving Faith (1999) Wish You Well (2001) Last Man Standing (2001) The Christmas Train (2002) True Blue (2009) One Summer (2011) Day of Doom (2013)
Adaptations	Absolute Power (1997) King & Maxwell (2003) Wish You Well (2013) The Christmas Train (2017)

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