THE LAST MILE
Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution–for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier–when he’s granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime.
Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars’s case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men … own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men’s families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth.
The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars–guilty or not–a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now?
But when a member of Decker’s team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger–and more sinister–than just one convicted criminal’s life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed.
In his #1 New York Times bestseller Memory Man, David Baldacci introduced the extraordinary detective Amos Decker-the man who can forget nothing. Now, Decker returns in a spectacular new thriller . . .
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Haven’t read a Baldacci book I haven’t liked
Another Memory Man book. Love Amos Decker and Alex Jamison. Vol 3
Right before convicted murderer Melvin Mars is to be executed for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier, another man confesses to the crime.
Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars’s case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now?
This book has a lot of twists and turns. The ending was not what I expected! I couldn’t put it down.
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I loved the two main characters and the relationship that developed between them. Lots of action, twists and turns, and I was surprised at the direction the story went a couple of times. An action packed page-turner, I couldn’t put it down.
I literally put this book down twice while I was reading it only because I was forced to. David Baldacci is one of my very favorite authors and he has not disappointed me with The Last Mile. If you like his work I don’t think he will disappoint you either.
The entire Amos Decker series is outstanding! All of the clues are out there…nothing hidden. Trying to keep up with his perfect memory and recall is a truely refreshing and intelligent read. Puts all the predictable mysteries to shame.
If you don’t believe in fate, what do you believe in?
I loved Memory Man, and this one is even better !!!
I could not put this book down!
I enjoyed this book because it was suspenseful and easy to read
One of Balducci’s best, love his new character/hero, Amos Decker.
Page turner
Love the way he tells a story. Own all of his books.
Baldacci is great, not an accident. Everything he writes is devoured by his loyal readers for a good reason.
Easy read, great plot, lots of twist toward the end
Definite page turner. Well developed characters
David Baldacci is a wonderful writer, keep them coming.
I will read anything he writes. Excellent writer.
Love Baldacci – but this book was really good.