Book Review: Daylight by David Baldacci
Published in 2020. Thriller. FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her twin sister, who was kidnapped when she was six, enters a new phase after she was able to identify the kidnapper, Ito Vincenzo. Now she's in New Jersey and found the house where Ito used to live, but his grandson, Tony, owns it. As she knocks on the front door, he escapes out the back. She follows but runs into an Army CID agent, John Puller. The quarry gets away as the two agents sort out the two different cases they’re pursuing. Since they are both after the same guy, they team up.
The case takes an interesting turn with the Army case. But in the back of her mind, Atlee keeps an eye out for any information on Ito. She would like to know if he’s even alive and presumes he is because she can’t find any evidence of his death. But no one seems to know where he is. If she could only talk to him, maybe she could find out what he did with her sister. Is she dead or alive?
I enjoyed reading this story and found the conclusion to the Army case much more satisfying than Atlee’s case, which is why I’ll give this book a pass. Even if her case continues into another book, the ending could have been better—Atlee’s destructive outburst at the end isn’t consistent with her character. I was also disappointed that the author thinks a navy captain is the same as an army major. Not so. A navy captain is the same as an army colonel. Finally, the title is okay, but not great. It doesn’t apply to actual daylight—maybe it’s a reference to a break in a case that bring daylight to a mystery. Well, whatever.
The case takes an interesting turn with the Army case. But in the back of her mind, Atlee keeps an eye out for any information on Ito. She would like to know if he’s even alive and presumes he is because she can’t find any evidence of his death. But no one seems to know where he is. If she could only talk to him, maybe she could find out what he did with her sister. Is she dead or alive?
I enjoyed reading this story and found the conclusion to the Army case much more satisfying than Atlee’s case, which is why I’ll give this book a pass. Even if her case continues into another book, the ending could have been better—Atlee’s destructive outburst at the end isn’t consistent with her character. I was also disappointed that the author thinks a navy captain is the same as an army major. Not so. A navy captain is the same as an army colonel. Finally, the title is okay, but not great. It doesn’t apply to actual daylight—maybe it’s a reference to a break in a case that bring daylight to a mystery. Well, whatever.
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