Walk the Wire

In the most recent mystery in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series, Amos Decker—the FBI consultant with an impeccable memory—returns to investigate a grisly murder in a thriving North Dakota oil town.

Amos Decker and Alex Jamison, his FBI partner, sense that trouble is imminent in London, North Dakota, as soon as they are dispatched to the flourishing drilling town. The town is expanding more quickly than homes can be constructed due to the prospect of a second gold rush, which has drawn a wave of newcomers looking for a fortune. Along with a host of other issues, the abrupt boom has also brought along murder. These issues include prostitution, drug use, and property crimes.

Decker and Jamison are given the task of looking into the death of Irene Cramer, a young lady whose body was expertly autopsied before being left out in the open. This is just the start of the strange circumstances surrounding the case. When Decker and Jamison delve deeper into Irene's past, they are taken aback to learn that the lady who worked as a prostitute on the streets at night was also a teacher for a local religious cult that used to occupy a secret government facility that towered over the entire neighborhood.

London is full of unscrupulous businessmen, dubious government employees, and foreign religious figures who are all desperate to keep their secrets a secret. Before the boom town blows up, Decker will need to use all of his incredible memory and detective abilities—as well as the help of an unexpected ally—to track down a murderer and the forces responsible for Cramer's killing when other murders happen.