Reviews

The Fallen by David Baldacci

cjeanne99's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Decker and Jamison travel to Baronville, PA for vacation. Their intention is to have a quiet visit with Jamison’s sister and family, celebrate her niece’s sixth birthday and relax. The first day they are there - Amos discovers two dead men in what appears to be an abandoned house. The police are called, and, Decker of course can not help but get involved - especially after the local ME misses some clues that Decker claims were very obvious about the death of the two men - who turn out to be undercover DEA agents. Now the DEA, local police and Decker/Jamison are cooperating - and when Jamison’s brother-in-law is found dead at the local “distribution center” (for an unnamed organization) - Decker kicks his investigation into high gear.  Four people have been found dead - all with ties to the grandson of the town’s founder - John Baron - and drugs. The story moves along - with all clues leading towards Baron as being a murderer - except Decker just doesn’t believe it. Baron has no need to deal with people selling fentanyl - the connection seems too circumstantial. Decker discovers a hidden room at the distribution center, implicating manager Ted Ross in the fentanyl trafficking.
In the end - the DEA and FBI find the bad guys, justice wins, and John Baron goes from being an eccentric recluse living on the family manor to being the town’s benefactor.
One of the side plots, Amos develops a rapport with Zoe - so well described in this review by Heather Fink https://jathanandheather.com/2020/06/10/the-fallen/

Regardless of what any of us have lost, I think all of us desire to be understood and comforted when we’re grieving, and this is just the sort of tenderness Amos offers.

darth_vader's review

4.0

Excellent novel. This kept me guessing the entire time. Exciting ending and twists and turns along the way.

humatariq's review against another edition

4.0

The Fallen is the fourth book in the Amos Decker series and the new spring thriller by David Baldacci. Decker is the man with picture perfect memory, but he may not be the 'memory man' anymore at the end of this book. The book starts when Decker is forced to take a vacation by the FBI. With nowhere to go, he tags along with Alex who is visiting her sister in a small town called Baronville. Then there are 6 murders in the town and Decker and Jamison are caught right in the middle! Will the duo be able to solve these murders?

pharrison's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

kingfan30's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

ljones's review against another edition

3.75

The story was OK. It wasn't great, but OK. But I still love the Amos Decker character.  The interaction between Decker and Alex's neice in this installment showed a different side to the "memory man."

cjcunn's review

4.0

Enjoyed the way that several mysteries were resolved convincingly. Plot twists and character development were a nice touch

jbrito's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

maggiekwinters's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

dorareadsstuff's review against another edition

3.0

DUDE.
SO many WENT DOWN

detective novels aren’t my faVORITE esp on audiobooks but somehow this one managed to hold my attention span (for most of the time anyways)

Gotta hand it to Detective Decker *tips fedora* that one was hard to solve,,,, and personally *I* didn’t solve it before the reveal, but like…
still enjoyable ig