Back on track, Decker! (This is #5 in the series....#4 wasn't really my favorite.)
The fourth book in the Memory Man series is fabulously convoluted and twisty and I did not see everything coming. And neither did Decker. WHAT??? He notices and remembers EVERYTHING!
Some of this tangled web becomes obvious and Baldacci tries to slip in some overlooked clues which I caught. But whoa Nelly, I did not see the overall result coming!!
Decker goes back to his hometown annually to visit the grave of his daughter, murdered one night several years ago while he was staying late at work to try to solve another case. His guilt is overwhelming and he channels his energies into tracking down other killers. As he visits the graveside, an elderly man approaches him and declares his innocence. Amos recognizes him as his first case - found guilty of four murders. Could Amos have been mistaken in his work? Infathomable!
But....yet, Amos begins to delve into what really happened all those years ago, and more questions than answers pile up, along with additional dead bodies. Reunited with his former police partner while Alex Jamison heads back to FBI headquarters, Amos struggles with his own guilt, with whether the case was a set up, and who was involved and why. Some simple language and syntax in this one keeps it from being a five star read. This is not prose, but it is a very good mystery/crime drama!
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