The Memory Foundation - by Amanda West

Book Synopsis

Wealthy clients looking for the cure to memory loss find themselves trapped in a remote mountainous facility in this ingenious thriller, perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and Alex Michaelides.

Struggling new single mom Natasha Walker is desperate to get back to her job as an investigative journalist. When she receives an anonymous tip about the Memory Foundation, a secretive research clinic that promises the cure to memory loss, she is instantly intrigued. Given her mother's dementia diagnosis, the story hits close to home. Despite the perilous snowbound location, she's determined to uncover the truth about the mysterious founders and their patients.

Meanwhile, Lydia Hunter has faithfully worked alongside her husband, Wade, the founder of the Memory Foundation, to revolutionize the way the world understands memory. But the research is expensive, and they're hemorrhaging money. In order to gain more financial support, they open up the facility to an exclusive group of wealthy guests, promising that each one will experience a "memory flight" that will allow them to relive precious memories.

But when the wealthy clients arrive at the Memory Foundation, set high in the Alps in an area prone to avalanches, all is not what it seems. And when the weather takes a turn for the worse and power outages and a growing sense of paranoia begin affecting everybody, it becomes clear that no one at the Memory Foundation will ever be the same--and not everyone will survive the week.

Review Quotes

Praise for The Memory Foundation
"Nothing is quite what it seems in this white-knuckle ride of a book about memory and manipulation. Add in a killer twist and an ice-bound, avalanche-prone setting and you've got all the ingredients for an unputdownable thriller."
--Kate Riordan, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Heatwave and Summer Fever

"The Memory Foundation is a pacy, chilling thriller, with a twist you won't see coming and an ending you won't forget."
--Jo Callaghan, Sunday Times bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye series

"A journalist's burning curiosity about a cure for dementia gets her in too deep. A twisty thriller of obsession and deceit, where the chapters pulse with ever-increasing tension. A chilling and truly gripping tale."
--Jane Bailey, author of Stay and Sorry Isn't Good Enough

About the Author

Amanda West is the pen name of Amanda Reynolds, whose debut novel, Close to Me, was published in 2017 by Headline and was adapted in 2021 by NENT Studios UK as a major TV series starring Connie Nielsen and Christopher Eccleston, which aired worldwide (Channel 4 in the UK and Sundance AMC in the US).

Since then, she has published five more psychological thrillers as Amanda Reynolds, two more with Headline and three with Boldwood Books. Her Husband's Lie, published most recently in 2024, spent two months in the Kindle Top 100 and has hundreds of five-star reviews. Her books are translated into multiple languages with bestsellers in Finland, Brazil, and Poland.

Amanda Reynolds lives in Cheltenham with her husband and their golden retriever. She is an author coach with the Novelry. The Memory Foundation is her first speculative thriller.