![]() ![]() 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. The first I knew of David Baldacciwas after seeing the movie Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris). ![]()
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