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Star FBI detective Amos Decker and his colleague Alex Jamison must solve four increasingly bizarre murders in a dying rust belt town--and the closer they come to the truth, the deadlier it gets in this rapid-fire #1 New York Times bestseller.
Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes--obscure bible verses, odd symbols--have the police stumped.
Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex's sister and her family. It's a bleak place a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene.
Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme--with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville.
Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. Only this time--when one mistake could cost him everything--Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all...
Read The Fallen Memory Man series David Baldacci Kyf Brewer Orlagh Cassidy Books
"This was an intense read through out. Loved the ending. Amos becoming compassionate and empathetic added depth to his character. I was so disappointed in Baldacci's last Will Robi novel that I almost didn't buy this one. This book is the Baldacci that I have enjoyed for many years."
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The Fallen Memory Man series David Baldacci Kyf Brewer Orlagh Cassidy Books Reviews
- Before you start this book, please note it is a continuation of the author’s Amos Decker Memory Man series. I would start with the first book, Memory Man, and then read the rest of the series in order before this edition or you won’t make much sense of the characters and situations.
Bottom line is if you enjoyed the previous books of the series you will enjoy this one, also. Baldacci picks up where he left off with the cast of characters and does his usual good job of changing the twists and plot lines I stayed up really late with an unsuccessful effort to finish it because I didn’t want to put it down. I recommend this one for those who have enjoyed the series, and I’m ready for the next installment. - We all acknowledge David Baldacci is a master storyteller. This book exemplifies how an author can spin a story like a tapestry, and let it unfold at its own pace. Amos Decker and his partner are visiting her sister in Barronsville, PA, a small town. Amos stumbles into a crime scene, and what unfolds is a harrowing story that takes in today's headlines, the opioid crisis, and takes Decker and Jaimieson on an epic investigation that leads to some surprising conclusions. On the way we they make some new friends. And enemies. In the end, Amos finds himself more in touch with his humanity than since his injury, and Baldacci shows us humanity and kindness in the middle of sorrow and loss. This was a great book, and interesting investigation, and showed Amos Decker making progress in regaining a degree of his humanity he has not known since his injury and the subsequent loss of his wife and daughter. Baldacci, like Brad Thor, Lee Child, and Ted Bell, invest a lot in inventing their characters. We have an emotional stake in them as well. This, my friends, is as good as it gets.
- What an incredible, heart-grabbing, mind-blowing mystery! Amos Decker, along with his partner, is supposed to be on vacation at her sister’s place. Jamison understands Decker’s uniqueness and has a great platonic working relationship with him. While they are there Decker observes some rather disturbing sights in a house that he runs to investigate. Jamison knows there goes the vacation as she refuses to sit on the sideline while Amos chases down leads. Plus, within a short time, the mystery embroils her sister’s family when her husband is killed while at work.
Jamison’s 6-year-old niece loses her father on her birthday and that just grips the heart of Amos in so many ways. If you have followed the Memory Man series, you know how this touches Amos very deeply and makes him face some of his own personal losses again. Readers familiar with the uniqueness of how Amos thinks and works will really enjoy the way David Baldacci has Amos going through some neurological changes. These changes cause Amos to think long term and wonder exactly how long he can keep working without losing what memory he has left.
The ending of the book is very touching, and I absolutely loved the way its is written! I hope this isn’t the last we see of Decker and Jamison as I enjoy them working together on solving crimes. Zoe, the little girl in the story, really grabbed my heart and I loved how it drew out the heart of Amos. The mystery was top notch and many surprises are in store for those who venture into the book. You don’t want to miss this thriller!
If you haven’t read Amos Decker in the Memory Man series, start with the first book titled, Memory Man and catch up in the series before the next novel is released! - This installment in the Amos Decker/Memory Man series was somewhat of a letdown. Carrying far too much complexity with far too many one dimensional characters, I’m afraid that this work “The Fallen†appears to be an idea in Baldacci’s mind that seemed to get rushed onto paper far too quickly without the advantage of proper pre-thought of how seductive it might appear or appeal to the reader. This got way too complicated way too fast with far too many characters doing far too many things and with virtually none of them registering on the interest scale. What could have been an interesting plotline turned into an amalgam of killings followed by page after page of explanation of what we’d just read. It was like Baldacci organized his story-line index cards, wrote the book to these and then realized, “Hey, this is pretty complicated, I better insert some explanations along the way.†And the absolute worst part was the very end when all the survivors gathered together for a final “let’s explain all of the aspects of this entire book†session, much like at the end of each of the Scooby-Doo episodes…I kept expecting Shaggy to interject some benign point followed by Scoob uttering “Rutt-Rooww.â€
OK, it’s not entirely that bad but it is a far cry from the initial Memory Man. We start in Baronville, Pennsylvania with Amos and his partner Alex Jamison on vacation, visiting Alex’s sister. And this is another “bone to pick†with Baldacci…he’d ended the previous Decker book with an enticing note of impending romance between these two and the notion of them on “vacation†together gives the reader hope of this relationship advancing. I’ll stop you right there…there is NO ADVANCEMENT one way or the other in this book, NOTHING! Whether Baldacci does this on purpose or not, we’ll have to wait for the next installment.
Baronville is a rundown, post-industry town with a serious opiod problem. One evening Decker discovers a series of murders and his “vacation†turns into an investigation. Through an, again, unusual and complex series of events, we learn of the town’s originator, the family of John Baron the first and of an alleged treasure left behind when he died at his mansion high up at the town’s outskirts. Intrigue, dubious and sinister characters, drugs and murder all get interwoven into a plot that only Decker seems able to figure out. Going far beyond his “memory man†capabilities here (in my opinion) he’s able to determine all angles and all outcomes in the end, most, it seems to me, by just educated guesses. I had to re-read many paragraphs just to understand what had been uncovered at that particular point and by the end, I just gave up, actually skimming through most of the explanations because I found that I didn’t really care anymore.
There were some heartwarming moments admittedly…Decker shows a new side of himself when he deals with Alex’s niece, five year Zoe, who reminds him of his own daughter. But the overall vibe here is that this is a book that was just so rushed and un-edited that it does a dis-service to the character. We’re used to a certain quality with an Amos Decker work and we definitely do not get it here. And gauging by the reviews here on , Baldacci can only deduce that he’s still striking the right chord, which is a shame…I really wonder how many of these positive reviews aren’t emoting their true feelings. I know that I totally loved the previous three in this series and it’s difficult to pan this work, but it’s necessary…this is definitely not a great book. - This was an intense read through out. Loved the ending. Amos becoming compassionate and empathetic added depth to his character. I was so disappointed in Baldacci's last Will Robi novel that I almost didn't buy this one. This book is the Baldacci that I have enjoyed for many years.
