The Memory Catcher

by Denise Moncrief

When someone touches Naomi Fuller, she catches visions of dark memories that fill the other person’s soul with regret, fear, or shame. Living with other people’s guilt leaves little room in her psyche for her own history. She recalls seemingly unconnected events, but did those horrible incidents happen yesterday, last week, or six years ago? Naomi believes someone is messing with her mind, so she turns to Sidney Ashe for help untangling her distorted timeline, but the more she leans on him, the more she questions his motives. Can she distance herself from Ashe when her heart is hopelessly falling for him? As Naomi struggles to understand how her emerging memories mesh with the guilty memories of everyone around her and things become clearer, she fears there is a killer in Clallam County who would do anything to stop her from remembering.

348 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2015

About the author

Suspense, She Writes

Where the road to happily ever after takes a suspenseful detour.

Denise has lived in Louisiana all her life, and yes, she has a drawl. She has a wonderful husband and two incredible children, who not only endure her moods but also encourage her to indulge her writing passion. Accounting is a skill she learned to earn a little money to support her writing habit. Besides writing paranormal suspense, she holds a part-time job in public accounting and enjoys traveling, reading, and scrapbooking.

She wrote her first story when she was a teen, seventeen handwritten pages on school-ruled paper and an obvious rip-off of the last romance novel she had read. She's been writing off and on ever since, and with twenty-two stories already published and fourteen still available for purchase, she plans to continue releasing new books for years to come. In 2015, her Haunted Hearts series sold over 19,000 copies, placing the series on Amazon's best-seller list of ghost thrillers for over a year.

Reviews

[Kristi · Rating 2 out of 5]

The fracturing of time created by the main character's memory lapses and her uncontrolled psychic ability to experience the guilty memories of other people, creates a sense of unease. The reader, like Naomi, can never be certain of what is happening when or who to trust. This device was effective in generating both suspense and plot interest through the first half of the novel. However, the lack of character development rendered the repetition trite by the final half of the novel. The final revelation of the mystery was horrifically far-fetched and confusing. Readers were not brought to a satisfying resolution as to how all the pieces fit together, who did what and why, beyond Naomi's speculation as a non-reliable character. The whole concept of Naomi's "memory catching" also turned into a convenient plot device rather that is only relevant when its useful to the author. This novel had potential that would have benefited from maturing the ideas with further development and editing.

[Alison · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know how hard it’s is to write a book, so I applaud her finished product. She also has some good metaphors And description...but...
Overall it teams like a cheesy romance. “Piece of man flesh” and her vascillating with angst I want him, I don’t want him all when she can’t even remember him he’s episodes are random aren’t explained soon enough. Time passes oddly. It seems a few days, then she rambles about 4years and all the memory flashbacks aid In the distortion esp when they marry within a week? This book needs serious editing and rewriting.

[sandra crocker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast paste

Switching from time to people was confusing at first but I got used to it because it kept you moving quickly so you were right there with them good book

[Carrie Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

Talk about SUSPENSE!

I received this book free in exchange for my honest review. Wow this book kept me on my toes and constantly wondering who was good guy or bad guy even! The author did a superb job at expressing the confusion of Naomi as she battles what she thinks are others memories, her own past forgotten on the jungle of guilty memories. I was tense all the way til the end which in my opinion is the sign of an amazing book!

[connie Lord · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of twists and turns!

Was a great read. Nothing in this story is obvious. Keeps you guessing till the end. Just enough romance, not to much. Great characters, but kept you guessing who was the good guys and who was the bad.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crazy Plot Twists Ahead!!!

I really enjoyed this book! It was a little hard to follow at times with all the skipping around that Naomi's mind does but well worth it in the end!!!

[Danielle Wing · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome

What a wonderful story . Full of so much mystery . Right to the end it keeps you guessing .

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Weird talent

Imagine touching someone and see everything about that person, would have to wear gloves to stay sane. Great story!! Worth a 5 star