This book centers around Doug Brock, a state police officer. While he was on duty, he received an injury that caused him to lose his memory. Doug starts attending a support group for people with amnesia, there he meets Sean Conner. Sean needs Doug's help with something. Sean found a scrapbook containing news articles about a woman that disappeared 3 years ago. Sean has no memory of the woman or why he would keep those newspaper articles.
Later on, Doug and his partner Nate are called to a scene where they find a man's body, when they arrive Doug immediately recognizes the body as Sean.

This book immediately drew me in and had me hooked from the start. I love a fast-paced action-filled book and Fade To Black did not disappoint!

This is the second book in a series but can also be read as a standalone. I haven't read the first book but I will definitely pick up a copy after enjoying Fade to Black.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review!

State Police Officer Doug Brock is attending an amnesia support group. Due to an injury he received on duty, he lost 10 years of his memory. It's slowly returning, but in bits and pieces.

A fellow attendee, who also has memory problems, Sean Conner asks Doug to meet him somewhere ... he wants his opinion on something as a police officer. Intrigued, Doug meets him and hears a fantastic tale.

Sean has found in his attic a scrapbook of news articles surrounding the disappearance three years ago of a woman. He has no memory of the woman's identity or why he might have kept all these news articles.

It's particularly puzzling when Doug finds out that he himself was lead investigator and it was he that arrested and charged the man responsible for her murder, even though a body was never found.

When Doug and his partner, Nate, are called to investigate a man's head ... and nothing else...he immediately knows it is the man he talked to the day before .... Sean Conner.

And then another man is found .... his head only, body nowhere in sight.

How do these victims relate to each other?

The story premise is A good one, sprinkled with humor and wit. I really enjoyed the banter between Doug and Nate. It's a well paced mystery with a few unexpected twists and turns. Although second in the series, this is easily read as a stand alone. There's enough of Doug's backs story to ensure not feeling lost but no more than what whets the appetite to find out the whole story. I highly recommend starting at the beginning.

Many thanks to the author / St Martin's Press - Minotaur Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

I enjoyed reading this book. The plot was thrilling and the investigation was fun to read. I haven't read the first book, but I was able to understand the crux of the dynamics around Doug Brock.

The easy camaraderie between Doug, his partner Nate, and Doug's fiancee police officer Jessie was entertaining to read. I also like the tongue-in-cheek dialogue Doug puts forth. Makes him an enjoyable character.

There was a surprise twist that made it even more interesting, along with the race at the end to prevent the terrorist act.

A good thriller. But, Rosenfelt does a great job combining the healthcare industry, crime bosses, Vegas casinos, and Doug Brock (with his partners Jessie and Nate) into a believable story.. I quite enjoyed reading the book one and this one was OK an overall enjoyable book,

My rating for this one is 3 1/2 stars. Murder victims, memory loss, drug dealers, mafia... this book has it all. It wasn't the most amazing book but it was still worth the read. I'd definitely give other books by this author a try in the future. I felt like I may have enjoyed this more had I read the previous book in the series first.

I have loved David Rosenfelt’s books since the first one I ready many moons ago! And I’m making it my mission to get his books into the hands of as many friends as possible! This was no exception!

Doug Brock is still dealing with the effects of his amnesia. With encouragment from his maybe girlfriend Jessie, he’s attending an amnesia support group where he’s approached by a fellow member, Sean Connor. Sean, is worried he had something to do with the disappearance of a young woman several years ago and is hoping Doug can help him. When Doug realizes that he was the arresting officer 3 years ago he can’t help but get involved. He starts to unravel a conspiracy that crosses states lines. But will he be able to fit all the pieces together in time?

I’m so excited to start another series by one of my favorite authors!

I am a big fan of Andy Carpenter series by Rosenfelt, so I wanted to try some of his other books. It is not that I disliked it, but it seemed that the humor was more forced -- and less funny. And while the main characters is supposed to be a rebel in the police force, some of his actions seem lame and ill-advised.

David Rosenfelt is the well-known author of the Andy Carpenter series. I will unabashedly admit that I look forward to every new book in that series. I’m sure the fact that a Golden Retriever as well as other dogs are always part of the storyline has nothing to do with my love of his books!

Fade to Black is a sequel to Blackout, featuring state policeman, Doug Brock, who is suffering from memory problems that stem from an injury he suffered in the line of duty. As the story opens, Doug is returning to work and looking forward to returning to his old life. Almost immediately he begins re-investigating a case that he was involved in but has no recollection of. The case quickly morphs into much bigger issues that involve multiple players. And,as Doug, his partner Nate and fiancé and police officer Jessie investigate the three year-old death of a hospital administrator, they begin to see that the case is much more involved and dangerous than they had ever imagined.

As usual, I enjoyed this latest book from Mr Rosenfelt. There seemed to be a lack of character development but I suspect that if I re-read the first book (published two years ago) that might not be as much of an issue. The relationship between the two partners is entertaining and warm while the humor is fairly subtle. The storyline is uncomplicated in the beginning but quickly picks up speed. I would advise readers to pay attention as the officers consider and discard various scenarios in order determine what is going to happen and why.

Thank you, Mr Rosenfelt, for providing many hours of reading pleasure!

And, many thanks to Net Galley for providing a copy of this book for review.

This is a good crime suspense with a detective whose wry humor is similar to the Andy Carpenter series.

NJ police officer Doug Brock suffered an injury that stole years of his memory. He is just getting back on duty with his partner, Nate. His fiancé. Jessie, works in the investigative unit so they get to spend time at work and at home.

Doug is attending a group with other victims of memory loss. One of them asks to meet privately and then asks Doug to check the circumstances of an old murder. Doug begins to look at the old case but it takes on even more new interest when the group member turns up murdered.

One step of the investigation leads to another until Doug suspects there is a larger problem. Soon they are on a race to uncover a killer and or the mystery before a threatened event occurs.

I liked the mystery and suspense that built. There was a surprise twist that made it even more interesting, along with the race at the end to prevent the terrorist act.

I enjoyed the dry banter and wit which are a Rosenfelt staple. I am accustomed to reading or listening to the Andy Carpenter series and could hear (in my head) the same type of character traits in this story. The romantic relationship is very similar to Andy and his love too. That isn’t a bad thing since I enjoy those books too.

I enjoy Rosenfelt’s style of intense mystery with characters who have real personalities and snark. I hadn’t read the first book in the series but this one read acceptably as a stand alone. I recommend this book and this author to those who enjoy police thriller mystery stories.

Source: NetGalley.

Not the most realistic plot, but it was entertaining. Quick read as the chapters are so short.

“Fade To Black” by David Rosenfelt is the second book in the Doug Brock series. A new reader can enjoy this book without having read the previous books. Contextual references throughout the book fill in relevant background without wasting pages rehashing old events.
The book is written as a first person account by Lieutenant Brock, Doug Brock who suffers from amnesia as the result of a past trauma. He is tired of telling his story, thinking about his story, and worrying about his story. He just wants to go back to living.
He thinks his recovery group is a way to waste time because nobody seems to be recovering; they just talk about not recovering and wanting to recover. Then he meets someone in his group, and things get complicated. He is asked to investigate a past case, one of his own that he cannot remember.
The narrative alternates between first person and third, and geographically between New Jersey and Vegas. He struggles to find a Vegas– New Jersey connection. Could there be some underground drug railroad?
This is a David Rosenfelt book, so of course humor still pops up as Brock struggles with his memory issues. There are the stereotype mob meetings, and of course, there is a dog. Bobo is an enormous dog who looks like a “refrigerator with hair” and must be “mixed with brontosaurus”
I received a copy of” Fade to Black” from David Rosenfelt, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley. It was an easy book to read with a nice balance of humor, tragedy, and trauma. Brock thinks his old self may be returning because rather than talking to people; he wants to punch them and shoot them. He just does not know who to punch and shoot. It will be interesting to see how that plays out in the next book. A cop and a dog by Rosenfelt – it’s all good!

I felt the story was well written, and the idea of having Doug, a police officer with amnesia as a main character was a nice touch and an original idea. The author did an excellent job of incorporating this idea into his story, and giving Doug a partner who worked well with him, even teasing him at times. It was definitely a good working arrangement. Doug’s boss had a realistic feel and little details were well described. I don’t feel as if I missed anything by not reading the first book. It works well as a standalone.

The story itself grabbed my attention from the very beginning and I definitely didn’t want to put the book down I like when an author lets you in a few details that others in the book don’t know, and I find myself wanting to warn the characters. Sometimes that heads up really adds to the excitement! There were plenty of plot twists, and times when it was discovered that the good guys might be bad and characters thought to be bad might actually be the good guys.

There was only one thing I did not like about the book: For awhile there, I was thoroughly impressed by the fact that someone wrote a book with police officers who didn’t stereotypically swear. And then the author destroyed that aspect and had the cops use swear words with God in them. It was only a few times, and even the bad guys used this word a few times, but I hate that. (I especially hate when people bring God into their swear words.) I’ve had the opportunity to get to know several policemen over the years and not one of them EVER swore. But in books they all do. Every. Single. One. Why ? I wish authors would keep in mind that a good writer doesn’t need to add swear words to gain a following; in fact, they may actually have more people who want to read their books.

Other than the swearing, the book was very good.

New Jersey State Police officer Doug Brock is coming off leave after being shot in the line of duty. He is suffering from retrograde amnesia and has few memories of the ten years prior to the shooting. A member of his amnesia group asks him to look into the murder of a woman whose killer Doug himself sent to prison. Because the woman worked for a large medical center there appears to be a drug connection. The mob in NJ and Las Vegas are also involved. This seems to be a formulaic novel, until it isn’t. It is done in the first person with Doug telling the story. It shows some of the trademark humor seen in Rosenfelt’s Andy Carpenter but the two are very different characters. With Doug being a cop there is more violence and less dog involvement although a dog plays a very minor role. I thought the book started a little slowly but once I got involved with Doug and his partners Nate and Jesse it got more interesting and had several surprising twists. I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy and David Rosenfelt for writing another winner. Anyone who rescues dogs and travels cross country with 25 dogs in an RV is a favorite of mine.

I love David Rosenfelt’s Andy Carpenter novels, and this new series looks like a winner, too. Doug, a New Jersey cop with retrograde amnesia from being shot in the line of duty, and fellow offers Nate and Jessie, are interested in an ostensibly cold case when new information comes to light. What really happened to Rita Carlisle three years ago? Was the man convicted of her disappearance and murder really guilty? And what nefarious deeds connect the NJ and Vegas mobs? A welcome addition to the thriller/mystery shelf, this novel should appeal to readers who enjoy suspenseful police procedurals.

FADE TO BLACK (Pol Proc-Officer Doug Brock-New Jersey-Contemp) – Good
Rosenfelt, David – 2nd in series
Minotaur Books – March 2018
First Sentence: Social workers asked him for his name when they gave him a meal, or if he checked in for a cot on a particularly cold night, but they wrote it down without paying much attention.
Officer Doug Brock suffered retrograde amnesia after being shot in the line of duty. He’s back at work, even with gaps in his memory, but has the help of partner, Nate Alvarez, and girlfriend Jessie, a state police lieutenant with the cyber division. To aid in his recovery, he attends an amnesia support group. Fellow member Sean Connor approaches Doug asking him to look at what seems to be the scrapbook of a murder victim he’d found in his attic. Doug receives permission to reopen a cold case, discovering a connection to his own past.
It’s interesting when an author makes you take not and consider from the very beginning. In this case, it’s about people who work in any type of social services. The shock of that which follows fully captivates one’s attention.
Rosenfelt’s uses language well—“Even though I’ve been spending so much time here, I still enter warily. That’s because Jessie’s dog, Bobo, doesn’t seem thrilled by my being around. “He’s never been aggressive toward me; he just stares at me with a barely concealed distain.”
He writes in short, quick chapters that flow well from one to the next. The premise of the story is fascinating. One keeps running into twists and small “wow” moments, although it was a bit disappointing to find the direction the plot took. Still, it is very well done.
The characters are real and relatable. It’s nice to have a team of people who all work together, both internally, cross-departmentally, and even across state lines. Some of the details are a bit questionable, but it all works.
“Fade to Black” has a very good escalation of suspense. One is caught off guard when the link is made between the two segments of the plot, even though the actual climax is a bit anti-climactic.

Doug Brock is a police officer suffering from amnesia after being shot ... he can't remember anything from the last ten years. He is back to work, partnered again with Nate, and dating his former fiancée, Jessie, who is also a police officer.

Doug is encouraged to join an amnesia support group to help him recover. There he meets a Sean, a fellow amnesiac, who asks him for help. Sean says he has found a scrapbook about a murder victim named Rita and is concerned he was involved in her disappearance and murder. Doug checks it out and discovers he had helped put away the victim's boyfriend three years ago for her murder. When Sean's head is found shortly thereafter, it looks like it could be the result of rivalry between the mob bosses in New Jersey and Vegas. In the meantime, Doug continues to investigate Rita's disappearance and uncovers some possible fraud happening at the hospital where she had worked. Could that be the reason she disappeared?

I've read many books by this author (I enjoy his Andy Carpenter series). I liked the writing style as it was funny, sarcastic and amusing at times. It was written in first person perspective in Doug's voice but switches over to third person perspective when Doug isn't part of the action. I liked Doug, Nate and Jessie and their humorous interactions with each other.

This is the second in the Doug Brock series and you don't have to have read the first one as it works as a stand alone. I look forward to more in this series.

In Rosenfelt's latest police procedural Doug Brock, the amnesiac police officer, is back at work with his partner Nate and his cyber cop girlfriend Jesse. They have a big mystery on hand, it seems that Doug put a guy in prison for murder and maybe somehow he isn't the guilty one. Shown a scrapbook by a man named Simon pretty soon he is knee deep in hospitals, crime families, the FBI and his department trying to solve the mystery. The reason behind the mystery, he'd never have guessed it if he hadn't put his mystery solving skills to work. I love the banter between Doug and Nate for while you too are trying to determine whose guilty your smiling at the wise cracking Doug and his way with words. An enjoyable read.

Having read the author's pet series I knew his characters had specific voices and humor but I was unprepared for the taunt relationships and situations he creates in the Fade to Black world. I love the partners' cop humor and professionalism, the thrilling plot and hope to read another in this ssrues

This is one of the best books I've read from David Rosenfelt. Although I'm a fan of all his books including his series with Andy Carpenter, Fade to Black was particularly engaging and exciting. "Doug" is definitely a character with room for exploration.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to preview Fade to Black by David Rosenfeldt.
Rosenfelt's Andy Carpenter is one of my favorite characters, but Doug Brock is a close second.. I read the first Brock book a few years ago, but this can serve as a stand alone book.
Doug Brock is a police officer who has lost his memory due to a high profile case. He is working on getting his memory back with little progress.
A man approaches him and tells him that he may have killed a young woman a few years ago, but he too has lost his memory. The man says that an innocent man may be in jail for this crime. Doug decides to look into this, and he finds that he had been part of this case. He even put the the young woman's boyfriend in jail.
Doug decides to help this man, but then the guy turns up dead - decapitated!
Doug is surrounded by a solid cast of characters that help move the book along. There are many moving parts in this crime novel including mobsters, hospital administrators, the FBI, and of course the police.
This is a solid novel that will keep you guessing till the end - Rosenfelt writes with great wit and style.
Highly recommend and if you haven't read his other books, start now. He doesn't disappoint.