The Memory Seeker of the title is Canadian Peter Dekker, a recent recruit of the International Criminal Court at The Hague. He is soon sent to investigate evidence of war crimes in the wake of the Mali War, in Timbuktu.

Those looking for graphic tales of atrocities will be disappointed: looking for evidence involves looking for corroboration, factual recording, accurate dating.

This is a double-pronged tale: when Peter returns to be with his Dutch wife, the latter's new relationship with an estranged relative brings investigations such of these closer to home. Could it be that there are members of his own family that corroborated with Nazi crimes, and covered murder within it's own ranks?

Péter is not the kind of man to let a question like this go. There is psychological intrigue too, as the story unveils the mind of a narcissist..

This part of the story is also imbibed with realism and experience, as the postscript reveals. There is a recognition of the importance of family bo da, and the need to heal from trauma inflicted by war, and what can be unleashed by it.