![]() ![]() ![]() This is the first book in the Atlee Pine series.Ītlee is an FBI agent who suffered through a traumatic event as a child, which resulted in the loss of her twin sister. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci is a 2018 Grand Central publication. The two women made a great team, occasionally helped along by Park Ranger Sam and other locals. When I reached the heart of the fantasy it was too late to give up and I stuck with it but it was hardly credible, even in these strange times. Atlee Pine and her assistant set off on a road trip across America and laughingly liken themselves to Thelma and Louise as the storyline gets more and more complex. This amazing natural feature is a big character in the novel and plays its part so well I almost feel I have actually been there and walked its treacherous trails in the heat and at night. I have never been to the Grand Canyon but I certainly want to visit now. She now runs a small office near the Grand Canyon with a gutsy assistant. Her twin sister was abducted when they were six and the supposed killer remains unknown. Atlee Pine has her own fascinating back story that propelled her to want to be an FBI agent and nothing else. It is refreshing to read a David Baldacci novel with a female FBI agent as the hero. I will go on to read the second installment in the series. The degree to which suspension of disbelief was required with this novel was a bit high sometimes, though, so for me it is only 3.5 stars for an otherwise very thrilling novel. ![]() Usually, I can deal with that as fiction should have a little leeway when it comes to crafting a good story. While I enjoyed reading Long Road to Mercy and also liked the characters of Atlee Pine and her secretary Carol Blum I found certain plot twists somewhat far-fetched and unrealistic at times. With so much at stake and unsure whom to trust, Pine has to work on her own to solve a case that impacts the future of the United States. The circumstances being rather ominous Pine continues to investigate anyway and slowly unravels a plot that is tied to the Russians and North Koreans and reaches deep into the United States government. When a mule is killed and a person goes missing in the Grand Canyon, Special Agent Atlee Pine starts to investigate, but is soon called off the case by her superiors. Her family background is probably one of the main reasons Pine became an FBI agent. On top of that, Pine's father killed himself on her birthday and she has not talked to her mother in ages. Pine's twin sister Mercy was abducted from their home when they were children, which led to their parents' divorce. To find out what happens, you will have to read the book.In Long Road to Mercy David Baldacci introduces FBI special agent Atlee Pine who works in a remote office in Arizona. “Long Road to Mercy” is a fantastic read, with a great new character, that mixes today’s headlines about Russia, North Korea, and corrupt administrations, with fictional efforts to destabilize the world with a foolhardy attempt to destroy…. What seems an innocuous assignment turns out to be a harrowing race against evil forces within our own government (all the way to the top) with the fate of the free world, and millions of lives, at stake. Daniel James Tor is the worst of the worst, and Atlee finally needs to ask him a question:Īt home the next day a text arrives and Atlee was back to work, this time to investigate the death of a mule at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Hoping to finally put her mind at ease after 30 years, Atlee visits the super max prision, ADX Florence, outside of Denver. Atlee is troubled by a traumatic event in her past, is a near-Olympian weightlifter, prefers open spaces to an office in the city, and, as we find out, pursues the truth with abandon. Mixing fact and fiction (I hope!), David Baldacci introduces us to a new character: Atlee Pine is an FBI agent stationed in Shattered Rock, AZ (near the Grand Canyon). ![]() “That seems to be a pretty popular tactic these days” “Or you can claim all the evidence they had was fake,” added Blum. ![]()
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