Long Road to Mercy
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3.9 • 282 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Introducing a remarkable new character from #1 New York Times bestselling writer David Baldacci: Atlee Pine, an FBI agent with special skills assigned to the remote wilds of the southwestern United States who must confront a new threat . . . and an old nightmare.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Catch a tiger by its toe.
It's seared into Atlee Pine's memory: the kidnapper's chilling rhyme as he chose between six-year-old Atlee and her twin sister, Mercy. Mercy was taken. Atlee was spared.
She never saw Mercy again.
Three decades after that terrifying night, Atlee Pine works for the FBI. She's the lone agent assigned to the Shattered Rock, Arizona resident agency, which is responsible for protecting the Grand Canyon.
So when one of the Grand Canyon's mules is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the canyon-and its rider missing-Pine is called in to investigate. It soon seems clear the lost tourist had something more clandestine than sightseeing in mind. But just as Pine begins to put together clues pointing to a terrifying plot, she's abruptly called off the case.
If she disobeys direct orders by continuing to search for the missing man, it will mean the end of her career. But unless Pine keeps working the case and discovers the truth, it could spell the very end of democracy in America as we know it...
"Love it!" --Lisa Gardner"Atlee Pine is unforgettable." --James Patterson
"David Baldacci's best yet." --Lisa Scottoline
"Heart-poundingly suspenseful." --Scott Turow
"A stunning debut." --Douglas Preston
"A perfect blend of action, secrets, and conspiracies." --Steve Berry
"Baldacci is at the top of his game." --Kathy Reichs
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
David Baldacci’s Atlee Pine series introduces us to a new kind of crime-fighting heroine who’s part Dana Scully, part Olivia Benson, and all renegade. FBI agent Pine is an itinerant loner, a childhood trauma survivor, and a former weight-lifting champion. Her beat is the Grand Canyon region, where she discovers that a murdered mule and a missing man are clues to a global conspiracy. Baldacci’s full-throttle political thriller—in which Russians have interfered in U.S. elections—puts democracy’s future into Atlee’s hands. Satisfying and successful, Long Road to Mercy makes us impatient for the second book in the series.
Customer Reviews
Meh
Well written, as I’ve come to expect, but held together with far to many improbable improbables. At 20 bucks, I expect an author to build has book a lot more artfully.
Long Road to Mercy
Very disappointing- baldacci needs to stick to his previous characters: John puller, Amos decker etc- forget Long Road to Mercy - don’t like the Atlee character - too improbable & unsympathetic my favourite was the John Carr books (Oliver Stone)