Long Road to Mercy (Atlee Pine, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 12, 2020 PepperP0t rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, series, contemporary, adventure, small-town, mystery, suspense-thriller, police, 2020-read

Loner FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine’s happy to be assigned to the newest single person office in the territory. Her first assignment is mysterious indeed with a dead donkey and missing rider. Digging into the multi-layered case, Atlee comes across conspiracies, mistaken identities, legends and plenty of obstacles.

For my taste, this read was an uphill battle from chapter one. Overall, the style wasn’t Baldacci-esque. Atlee, began too similar to another series where each case touches the investigat ...more

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Nov 30, 2018 Olivermagnus rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, 2018, 2020

FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s childhood was defined by one horrible moment when her twin sister, Mercy, was kidnapped in the summer of 1989. She was never located, dead or alive, and her whereabouts remain a mystery to this day. Atlee, who wrestles with survivor’s guilt, is determined to search for answers. She believes she knows who was responsible, and the story opens with her interview in prison with a man named Daniel James Tor.

When she returns to her job as the sole FBI agent in Shattered Rock Ari ...more

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Aug 04, 2023 Kristin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, audible, 2018-books, 5000-2023

David Baldacci has long been a favorite thriller author for me. With this book, he introduces a strong female protagonist that I found very interesting and complex. This would have been 5 stars if the international politics wouldn't have been part of the plot. I will definitely be reading more about Atlee Pine. I just hope her investigations focus more on the mysteries surrounding her sister's death than on government politics. ...more

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