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Memory Man (Audio book)

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With over 110 million copies of his novels in print, David Baldacci is one of the most widely read storytellers in the world. Now he introduces a startling, original new character: a man with perfect memory who must solve his own family's murder.
MEMORY MAN
Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice.
The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can never forget anything.
The second time was at home nearly two decades later. 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.

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. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up on the street, taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator when he can.
But over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation. Decker also seizes his chance to learn what really happened to his family that night. To uncover the stunning truth, he must use his remarkable gifts and confront the burdens that go along with them. He must endure the memories he would much rather forget. And he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice.
MEMORY MAN will stay with you long after the turn of the final page.

About the author

David Baldacci, geboren 1960 in Virginia, studierte Politikwissenschaft und Jura und arbeitete nach dem Studium neun Jahre als Strafverteidiger und Wirtschaftsjurist in Washington, bevor er sich ganz dem Schreiben widmete. Sein erstes verkauftes Manuskript war 'Absolute Power'; es verhalf ihm zu Weltruhm. David Baldaccis Romane wurden mittlerweile in mehr als 30 Sprachen übersetzt und in mehr als 80 Ländern der Welt verkauft. Neben seiner Arbeit als Schriftsteller engagiert er sich für eine Reihe karitativer und gesellschaftlicher Institutionen, darunter die National Multiple Sclerosis Society, die Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation oder die Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

Bevor Ron McLarty mit 'Die unglaubliche Reise des Smithy Ide' international bekannt wurde, war er schon als Schauspieler erfolgreich. Seinen Durchbruch als Schriftsteller verdankt er einer hymnischen Rezension von Stephen King, der sein Talent als einer der Ersten entdeckte. Ron McLarty arbeitete als Schauspieler beim amerikanischen Fernsehen, widmete aber jede freie Minute seiner eigentlichen Leidenschaft: dem Schreiben. Bis er eines Tages einer Hörbuchverlegerin 'Die unglaubliche Reise des Smithy Ide' zu lesen gab. Die war so begeistert, dass sie den Roman als Hörbuch produzierte - ohne dass es zuvor eine Buchfassung gegeben hätte. Das Hörbuch fiel Stephen King in die Hände, der daraufhin einen enthusiastischen Artikel in einer großen amerikanischen Zeitschrift schrieb mit dem Titel: "Das beste Buch, das Sie nicht lesen können" - und damit den Startschuss für die Buchveröffentlichung und eine der unglaublichsten literarischen Erfolgsgeschichten der letzten Jahre gab.

Report

"Robie and Reel are complex characters, and anything they do is a pleasure to follow...Baldacci knows how to get readers to turn the pages, and he's in top form here."- Associated Press on The Target

Product details

Authors David Baldacci, David/ McLarty Baldacci
Assisted by Orlagh Cassidy (Reader / Narrator), Ron McLarty (Reader / Narrator)
Publisher Grand Central
 
Languages English
Product format CD-Audio
Released 21.04.2015
 
EAN 9781478985570
ISBN 978-1-4789-8557-0
Dimensions 127 mm x 140 mm x 25 mm
Series Hachette Audio
Amos Decker
Amos Decker - Memory Man
Amos Decker - Memory Man
Subject Fiction > Suspense

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