Decker also seizes his chance to learn what really happened to his family that night. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up on the street, taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator when he can.īut over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders. His family destroyed, their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare-his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered. The second time was at home nearly two decades later.

On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect-he can forget nothing. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL.

This 'impossible to put down' #1 New York Times bestseller introduces Amos Decker, a gifted police detective with a perfect memory who must solve a mystery he wishes he could forget: his family's murder ( Washington Post).Īmos Decker's life changed forever-twice.

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