Doctor Stephen Colllingsworth is on the verge of a breakthrough in his research on an unlimited source of energy, when he loses his memories of the past year.
He suspects he has amnesia, until he meets Inspector Ninoska who is convinced that the serial killer she was hunting erased her memories of the past months because she was getting close to catching him.
Ninoska only has four weeks before the killer strikes again. While she continues her search, Stephen seeks an explanation to the mystery of the disappearing memories. Could they have been stolen by aliens or by that creativity consultant that he and Ninoska consulted a few months ago?
When people start losing their memories all over the world, Stephen and Ninoska join forces to stop the memory snatcher before it paralyses the whole planet.
If you enjoyed Robert Sawyer's WWW trilogy and Mindscan, you will love The Memory Snatcher.