Memory Book

Private detective Benny Cooperman becomes his own client in a most puzzling investigation. Benny awakes in the hospital recovering from a serious blow to the head, with a condition called alexia sine agraphia; in laymen's terms he can write but he cannot read. And his memory has been affected too: although he can quote line from his high-school production of Twelfth Night, he finds himself brushing his teeth with shaving cream. Even his girlfriend's name, Anna Abraham, eludes him. But when Benny realizes that he was found unconscious beside a dead woman, he figures he must have been close to solving a case. With Anna working as a field agent, and two cops reluctantly sharing their discoveries, Benny pieces together the events that lead to a murder--and his own injuries.