Memory Man

Hardcover, 664 pages

English language

Published March 8, 2015 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-62953-450-3
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4 stars (4 reviews)

Amos Decker's life changed forever-- twice. The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect -- he can never forget anything. The second time was at home nearly two decades later. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare -- his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered. His family destroyed, their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up …

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3 stars

I have two issues: first, the DVR analogy. If Amos Decker has an absolute memory recall, wouldn’t the right picture flash immediately in his mind? No rewinding and slo-mo, I would think.
Second: the motive for killing Decker’s family is a bit thin for my taste. For such a crime even a psychopath needs to develop real hatred and somehow I don’t think Decker’s loose interaction with the killer warranted the slaughter.
Ditto for the whole school massacre—symbolic, instead of killing the real perpetrators? I have hard time swallowing that.
Otherwise, an entertaining listen on my evening runs.

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