Part of Amos Decker, book 1
First published 2016
Amos Decker's perfect memory began with a brutal hit during his first NFL play. The collision ended his football career and left him unable to forget anything. Years later, working as a police detective in Burlington, Decker comes home from a stakeout to find his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law murdered. The killer's identity remains unknown, and Decker cannot escape any detail from that terrible night. He quits the force, loses his house, and survives on the streets doing private investigation work. More than a year passes before a man confesses to killing Decker's family. At the same time, a devastating crime rocks Burlington, and police ask Decker to return. He accepts, seeing his chance to discover what really happened to his family. Decker must rely on his extraordinary recall while bearing the weight of memories he desperately wants to erase.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Burlington
Period: present-day
560 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: death, murder