I highly recommend “Long Shadows” by author David Baldacci. The story follows Amos Decker, an FBI consultant, and his new partner Frederica White. The story from all angles – the characters, location and storyline are perfect for a summer time read or anytime a read is needed to provide a bit of an escape with a mystery. This is the seventh book in the Amos Decker series by David Baldacci. This is the third Iread in this series, I read “Memory Man” in 2015 and “The Last Mile” in 2017.
The storyline follows Amos Decker on a case that involves blackmail and of course murder. Along with the storyline, we get peeks into Decker’s problems on a professional level, he is not typical FBI, and on a personal level, he has memory problems caused by a football injury. Decker’s memory problems appear to help on FBI cases and hurt on a personal level.
This novel takes place in Florida on a case that revolves around blackmailing done on recent events and events that happened about 40 years ago. The people in the storyline keep me invested in the read from his new partner, Special Agent Frederica White to the characters (both friend and foe) he interacts with to solve the case. I read this book in two weeks, and I followed right along with the agents to solve the murder.
I like David Baldacci reads for the summer, the characters and story are interesting and get me hooked into the story fairly quickly. I find I not only read the story but I try to put a short list together of who I think is the culprit in the case.
I recommend Long Shadows and the Amos Decker series by David Baldacci. If you like FBI mysteries and are looking for a summer time read or author, check out author David Baldacci. I plan to catch up with the balance of the series, and read The Fix or the Fallen later this summer.
Me: I am Diane M. Spolar and I live in Willowbrook, Illinois (a suburb outside of Chicago) with my husband, son and cat. I am a CPA by day and a reader by night and on the weekends. I am a lifelong lover of books.
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