The Memory Collectors, Dete Meserve
The Memory Collectors, Dete Meserve
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The Memory Collectors
A Novel

Author: Dete Meserve

Narrator: Andrew Eiden, Erin Bennett, Hillary Huber, Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/20/2025


Synopsis

Four strangers time travel to the past and find themselves stuck on the day all their lives were changed in this stunning speculative mystery from award-winning film and television producer Dete Meserve, perfect for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Paradox Hotel.
What would you do if you could spend an hour in your past? Four strangers in the beach town of Ventura, California are about to find out.
Elizabeth aches for one more precious hour with her son who died in a senseless accident. Andy is desperate to find his first love who vanished after a whirlwind romance. Logan craves the rush of surfing and mountain climbing, yearning to reclaim the freedom he lost after a misstep landed him in a wheelchair. Brooke is looking for an hour of relief from the guilt of an unforgivable mistake.
Enter Aeon Expeditions, the groundbreaking time travel invention of Mark Saunders—which allows some lucky clients the chance to spend an hour in their past. Even though Aeon’s technology ensures time travel can’t alter the future, all four clients, including Mark’s ex-wife Elizabeth, yearn to revisit the hour that changed their lives forever.
But when their “hour” extends beyond sixty minutes, they find themselves stranded in the past. As their paths intertwine unexpectedly, they unearth shocking secrets hidden in the shadows of their shared history: All their lives were shattered the same night on a secluded highway by the beach. As they delve into the hidden truths of that pivotal hour, a startling revelation emerges. They were not alone. Someone else was present, harboring deadly intentions. The Memory Collectors is a heart-wrenching, genre-bending novel brimming with hope, grief and second chances.

About Dete Meserve

Like her heroine Kate Bradley, award-winning author Dete Meserve keeps looking for people who are doing extraordinary good for others, sometimes at great personal sacrifice. Instead of tracking a killer or kidnapper, Dete’s mysteries seek to uncover the helpers, the rescuers, and the people who inspire us with selfless acts of kindness. Good Sam is the first in her Kate Bradley Mysteries series, followed by A Perfectly Good Crime.When she’s not writing, Dete is a film and television producer and a partner in Wind Dancer Films. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children—and a very good cat that rules them all. For more on the author and her work, visit www.detemeserve.com or connect with her on Twitter @DeteMeserve and on Facebook at Facebook.com/GoodSamBook.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra on November 24, 2020

Having a special gift sounds exciting right? Objects have stories to tell - both positive and negative. Two women with a shared gift are haunted by their pasts. Ev can feel the emotions that people leave behind on objects. She believes these items should be handled carefully and destroyed if possibl......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 10, 2021

I'm always on the lookout for an unusual and creative story as I get sick and tired of reading the same type of novels over and over again. The Memory Collectors falls into the magic realism genre, which is not something I read very often. However, much like The Scent Keeper, which this book is bein......more

Goodreads review by Erin on November 11, 2020

As posted online at Mystery & Suspense magazine: [URL not allowed] Expected publication date: March 16, 2021 "The Memory Collectors" is the debut by Kim Neville. It’s a magical, yet also heartbreaking tale, that follows two women with a similar talent—the ability to......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on March 11, 2021

I enjoyed this book so much! At its core, it's a book about a hoarder named Harriet Langdon who lives in an overstuffed apartment in Vancouver, Canada. One day she returns home to find 'binners' going through boxes of her stuff that have been put out by the dumpsters. No!!! In her panic and anger, s......more

Goodreads review by Judy on March 22, 2021

I really enjoyed this book. The premise is that objects are imprinted with emotions from the people who owned them, and Ev has a special ability to perceive these emotions, even from a distance. Whether this is a gift or a curse depends on the percption. Some of the objects project joy and love, but......more