Another brilliant read in the Amos Decker series which is definitely one of my favourites!
Will this be the case that breaks Decker? a Telephone call from his old colleague leaves him devastated. He is then saddled with a new partner and we all know that Decker does not play well with others. On top of this, they are sent to the south of Miami to investigate a double homicide. This in itself is strange because there are more than enough FBI agents in Miami to investigate these murders. Are there ulterior motives and is Decker set up to fail?
Soon it seems like everything is against them. The two murders do not make sense. They were killed in two totally different ways. The one shot dead in a very clinical way and the other stabbed 10 times in a seeming crime of passion?
Decker will definitely need his superpowers to solve this 1!

Highly recommended!

Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

Baldacci just never disappoints. The seventh novel in this series is possibly the best one featuring Amos Decker yet, shaking things up and assembling the pieces anew. As always, we dig into Decker's personal backstory, perhaps even more so than in the other books, as events keep bringing painful memories back to him. At the same time, a new partner to get used to means that Decker has to snap out of his complacency and question his own attitude.

The case - a judge and her bodyguard murdered together - seems simple at first, but Decker and White quickly realise that nothing is as simple as it seems as they get drawn into a web of intrigues spanning the whole of Florida and going back over generations.
The plot in this one kept twisting and turning on every other page, and I wholeheartedly enjoyed the ride. I happened to pick up on one of the main clues when it was given fairly early on and because of that was able to guess part of the solution very early, but that was a complete coincidence - if I had been a little more tired or inattentive, I would absolutely have missed it.

My only gripe with Baldacci's books is that there inevitably comes a point when they're over, and that he only publishes two of them a year. I always enjoy reading Baldacci, and this one was the best in a while among many excellent ones.
If you enjoy an old-school thriller with a detective hunting the bad guys, that has no psychological twists and does not try to trick the reader, you can stop looking here and do no better than picking this one up.

I want to thank Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for a free copy in exchange of an honest review. All opinions here expressed are my own.

Another David Baldacci book that was a blast to read. It's Long Shadows and I received it from Pan Macmillan via Netgalley. It will be published on the 10th of November.

This is the latest book in the Amos Decker series and we follow him to Florida where he is sent to investigate the murder of a judge and her bodyguard. Decker himself is going through things as well. Because of an accident in a football game his mind works differently and he has now received some disturbing news from the doctors. On top of that, a close friend just committed suicide and he is really feeling that. And now he has to work with a new partner and try to solve this case.

Books by Baldacci are always fun to read. They never disappoint and I just really like them. The way the story builds up with alternating between his personal life and his work life gives you a great insight into the character of Decker. Because this is the latest book in a series, his character has already been fine tuned and that makes it for us, readers, a great character. The way Baldacci so easily describes scenes, events and characters and builds up to the climax makes him a real thriller master.

Most definitely a recommendation!
5/5⭐