Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice.

The first time was on the gridiron. A big towering athlete he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to go pro. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field for good and left him with an improbable side effect--he can never forget anything.

The second time was at home nearly two decades later. Now a police detective Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare--his wife young daughter and brother-in-law had been murdered.

His family destroyed their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime?? and unable to forget a