Long Shadows, Amos Decker 7

Long Shadows is the seventh Amos Decker thriller from internationally bestselling author David Baldacci.

Memory man FBI agent, Amos Decker, returns in this action-packed thriller to investigate the mysterious and brutal murder of a federal judge and her bodyguard at her home in an exclusive, gated community in Florida.
Things are changing for Decker. He is in crisis following the suicide of a close friend and receipt of a letter concerning a personal issue which could change his life forever. Together with the prospect of working with a new partner, Frederica White, Amos Decker knows that this case will take all of his special skills to solve.

Judge Julia Cummins seemingly had no enemies and there was no forced entry to her property. Close friends and neighbours in the community apparently heard nothing, and Cummins' distraught ex-husband, Barry, and teenage son, Tyler, both have strong alibis. Decker must first find the answer to why the judge felt the need for a bodyguard, and the meaning behind the strange calling card left by the killer.

As the investigation deepens, the body count rises, and Decker and White discover a trail which leads back to a past presidential campaign and an unsolved crime surrounding those in power at the very highest level.
Greed, deceit, deception and corruption at the very heart of power.

Someone has decided that it's payback time.

Review: Sinewy, and written with Baldacci's consummate skill, this is a thriller from the top drawer -- Daily Mail on Walk the Wire
David Baldacci is one of the all-time best thriller authors -- Lisa Gardner