Publisher Description
Special Agent Atlee Pine’s quest to find her missing sister reaches an explosive climax in Mercy, the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy and Daylight, from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.
The hunt is finally over.
FBI agent Atlee Pine is at the end of her long journey to discover what happened to her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted when the girls were just six years old – an incident which destroyed her family and left Atlee physically and mentally scarred.
She knew her sister and parents were out there somewhere. And she had to find them. Dead or alive.
Atlee and her assistant, Carol Blum, discover the truth. But the truth hurts. And hurt makes you tough. So how tough do you have to be to forgive?
As they uncover a shocking trail of lies, greed, fear and revenge, they must face one final challenge. A challenge more deadly and dangerous than they could ever have imagined . . .
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Former attorney David Baldacci hit paydirt in 1996 with his debut novel Absolute Power, the blockbuster political thriller which became a Clint Eastwood film. The frighteningly prolific Baldacci has since pumped out 40-plus bestsellers, including three starring FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine. This fourth Atlee Pine story sees our strong but sympathetic heroine complete her most personal mission: tracking down her long-lost twin sister Mercy, who was abducted by a mafioso when the girls were just six and has been missing for 30 years. Together with her sidekick-cum-surrogate mother figure Carol Blum, Pine finally finds out the truth. It’s a shocking discovery which brings her into deadly conflict with a vicious cage-fighter, a cold-blooded assassin and an all-powerful crime kingpin. This is muscular, masterfully crafted thriller-writing but beneath the bruising surface lay affecting themes of long-buried trauma, survival against the odds and the unbreakable bonds of family.
