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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Finished: Redemption (Baldacci) The latest book in the Memory Man series which features FBI consultant, Amos Decker, the man with the injured brain that remembers every single detail of everything he reads and experiences. This unexpected, and often unwanted, talent helps Amos solve cases with his FBI partner, former journalist, Alex. In this story, Amos goes back to his hometown of Burlington where he tragically lost his wife and daughter in a bloody murder at their home a few years before...unfortunately a scene that will never leave Amos' mind since he is the one who walked in and found them dead. While there visiting, as he does yearly on his daughter's birthday, he is approached by the man who he sent to prison for murder on the very first case he was assigned years before. The man is out of prison for mercy because he is dying soon of cancer. He insists to Amos that he didn't commit the murders all those years ago, and he'd like Amos to prove it and clear his name before he dies. What ensues is the typical Amos Decker investigation where he figures things out by remembering obscure clues, and sure enough, he figures out that the man is innocent. What's more, he was set up for the murders in a elaborate scheme that was a cover up for an even more sinister operation of Russian operatives being brought into the country, re-educated in American ways, and then integrated into America to spy for Russia. I was more interested in the relationships that Amos is continuing to work on with old friends, new friends and workmates. The actual murder mystery was just kind of ok. Still, Baldacci always gives a pretty good read. :-)