One day, Detective Amos Decker came home to find his wife, daughter and brother-in-law viciously murdered. Decker's life exploded and now eighteen months later while working as a private investigator, Decker's old partner tells him someone has confessed. With the curse of a perfect memory after a football injury ruined his career and scrambled his brain, Decker seeks justice for his family while helping his old partner investigate a local school shooting. When clues connect the two cases together, Decker realizes someone wants to play a twisted game with him.

I have come to the conclusion that gritty detective thriller is just not my style. Baldacci introduces the reader to a likable detective with a perfect memory that I think makes a great main character for a series. Unfortunately, the whole mystery in Memory Man was so absurdly convoluted and utterly improbable that I could not enjoy the book. I think I'll stick to my domestic and psychological thrillers instead.