before the boom town explodes.ĭavid Baldacci has been writing since childhood, when his mother gave him a lined notebook in which to write down his stories. When other murders occur, Decker will need all of his extraordinary memory and detective skills, and the assistance of a surprising ally, to root out a killer and the forces behind Cramer's death. London is a town replete with ruthless business owners, shady government officials, and religious outsiders, all determined to keep their secrets from coming out. As Decker and Jamison dig into Irene's life, they are shocked to discover that the woman who walked the streets by night as a prostitute was a teacher for a local religious sect by day - a sect operating on land once owned by a mysterious government facility that looms over the entire community. The sudden boom has also brought a slew of problems with it, including drugs, property crimes, prostitution - and now murder.ĭecker and Jamison are ordered to investigate the death of a young woman named Irene Cramer, whose body was expertly autopsied and then dumped in the open - which is only the beginning of the oddities surrounding the case.

The promise of a second gold rush has attracted an onslaught of newcomers all hoping for a windfall, and the community is growing faster than houses can be built. When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are called to London, North Dakota, they instantly sense that the thriving fracking town is ripe for trouble. With the body count rising, Decker and Jamison dig deep to uncover a sinister truth in Baronville, which could be the canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country.īut even the duo's skills and Amos Decker's infallible memory may not be enough to save this town, or them, from becoming the next victims.Amos Decker - the FBI consultant with a perfect memory - returns to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town in the newest thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turns into a murder investigation when two bodies are found in a nearby deserted house.

But the mysterious events in Baronville, Pennsylvania, are raising the highly-tuned antennae of agent Amos Decker and his FBI partner, Alex Jamison. Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. From one of the world's favourite thriller writers, this is the fourth title in the Amos Decker crime series, following the bestselling Memory Man, The Last Mile and The Fix.Īmos Decker, David Baldacci's unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen.

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