Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
- Read an installment of a series.
- Share your review/recommendation below.
- Include the title, author and series name.
"And you can say all you want about the world being unfair and people rising above the atrocities done to them, but everyone is different. Some are hard as steel, but some are fragile, and you never know which one you're going to get." ~ 88%
My Series Sunday pick is Memory Man, the first book in the Amos Decker series by David Baldacci. Yes, the great Baldacci! This series has been around forever and a day, yet I am just now reading the debut thanks to it being chosen as our Sistahs Be Readin' June selection.
The Memory Man starts with the most tragic emotional scene. Amos returns home from work as a detective and finds his wife, daughter and brother-in-law murdered. Because of a medical condition, he remembers every detail of their violent deaths in a paralyzing shade of blue. You see, Amos has hyperthymesia, which means he never forgets anything. It is very rare. Essentially having a DVR of every moment of your life that you can recall. He counts in color, sees time as pictures in his head and associates color with people or objects. A collision rewired his brain. (You'll have to read the book for more details on that.)
"Small observations can lead to large breakthroughs." ~ 21%
This triple murder collapses Amos' world. He leaves the police force, forecloses on his home, lives in a Walmart parking lot then motel taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator. Fast forward one year later and a strange man confesses to the triple homicide. Who is this guy? What is the motive? At the same time, Amos is asked to join the investigation of a local school shooting. Both cases bring back memories he would rather forget.
Amos is such a complex moody man. While Memory Man has so many details and background information about this main character, there is still so much to learn about him. His temperament, the collision that rewired his brain decades ago and the man he is today, working tirelessly in investigations to bring justice. He is a character I will not forget and look forward to catching up on the series.
I won't give too much away. Just know that Baldacci was in his element creating this character. He was also ahead of his time and progressively thinking with the smallest of the details. Hard to believe it was published over ten years ago. It is not too late to pick it up and start reading like the Sistahs and members of the SBR Book Club! I highly recommend the Amos Decker series with one tip: be sure to start with Memory Man. Thank us later!
Please visit www.patreon.com/sistahspeak if you are interested in joining the Sistahs Be Readin' Book Club. ~Sistah LM
Title: Memory Man
Author: David Baldacci
Published: April 2015
Pages: 593
Edition: eBook
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤
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