Redemption (Memory Man, #5) (Amos Decker)

by David Baldacci

Redemption is the fifth heart-pounding Memory Man thriller from number one international bestseller David Baldacci.

FBI consultant Amos Decker returns to the scene of a family tragedy, and is confronted by more than just painful memories.

A felon on a mission.

When Decker returns to Burlington, Ohio, he is tracked down by his first homicide arrest, Meryl Hawkins, a man who still maintains his innocence.

A rookie's mistake.

With Hawkins recently released from his life sentence, Decker finds himself questioning what had once seemed watertight evidence. Is the real killer still out there?

A murderer at large.

As the body count rises in a new crime spree, Decker and his former partner Mary Lancaster dig deeper and reopen the old case - and old wounds.

Back in his home town and plagued by the ghosts of his past, Amos Decker is compelled to discover the confronting truth in the fifth Memory Man thriller of David Baldacci's number one bestselling series.

• ISBN10: 1538761459
• ISBN13: 9781538761458
• Publish Date: 8 October 2019 (first published 16 April 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 464
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

Whew I have gotten behind on my reviews terribly this past month! I'm thankful I buddy read this with Anne so I have all my notes from our FB Messenger chat to look back at - otherwise I doubt I could write a good review. This was another solid mystery with lots of character progression with Amos. There was a little bit less of some of the other characters I really love and I figured out the mystery a bit easier than I normally do with these books. For those reasons I gave it 4 stars. Anne gave it 4.5 :)

As I mentioned, we did see some really good character progression with Amos. I liked seeing him back in his hometown where he lost his family. Ithink that lended itself well to making him face some of his emotional demons, both with his family and also with some of the people he left behind. Not to mention the case he's undertaking is one he kind of messed up - as his FIRST case as a detective. Even though, as the plot unfolds it's really easy to see he's not to blame for those mistakes, it bothers him greatly that he messed up. He cares in his own, abstract way, and I always enjoy seeing that.

As happens frequently, Amos is undertaking a case that the FBI has not sanctioned him to work; Not only does that create some tension (because when will the FBI learn that if Amos is interested, they should be too?!), but it also means that Alex - his partner and newly minted FBI Agent - is absent for a significant part of the book. I really enjoy their relationship and that being missing really detracted form the book for me. However, Melvin does show up in her stead, and I also really enjoy that relationship, so it wasn't a total loss.

I continue to adore the narration for this series. It's just so great to have such distinct voices for the characters, thanks to Kyf Brewer voicing all the male parts and Orlagh Cassidy voicing all the female parts. I imagine that is a much more difficult narrative experience to record and I appreciate that they continue to take it there. It really brings these books to life!