The Memory Foundation

A Novel

De: Amanda West

Narrado por: Sophie Roberts

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.

©2026 Amanda West

An interesting premise

The Memory Foundation is the first speculative thriller by Amanda West, who published six psychological thrillers under the name Amanda Reynolds. This high-concept novel explores the devastation of memory loss, and one man's obsessive need to finish what his father started - no matter the cost.

Natasha (Tash) Walker is recruited by a mysterious Patient A at the Memory Foundation to interview Dr. Wade Hunter Jr. at the secluded location in the Swiss Alps. The idea captivates Tash, especially since she's just lost her job and her best friend. Her mother is dying and she's just had a baby, and sees this exclusive interview as her chance to restart her life. The foundation's website explains that the goal is "to imprint memories that will stave off cognitive decline and provide hope" to patients. Dr. Hunter thinks Tash is likely to be a sympathetic audience since her mother suffered from early onset dementia, but he's cagey about setting a date for her to visit. She's certain there's a deeper story, so she sets off to visit the foundation.

It's an interesting idea with twists and turns and unreliable narrators.