Īs always, Baldacci does a fantastic job plotting thigs out and revealing just enough as the pages turn to keep readers engaged and on the edge of their seats.
Determined to find the killer, Atlee begins working the case, and in doing so she can’t help but wonder if she might somehow be the reason someone is killing in her hometown again. First, a woman’s body is found with a wedding veil covering her face, followed by a second even more bizarre murder. So, Pine and Carol, her assistant, head south for Andersonville, where things quickly take a dark turn when a string of murders rock the small town. No longer able to concentrate on her job, Atlee knows the only way to move forward with her career is to finally solve the mystery around Mercy once and for all-no matter where the trail leads her. Ultimately, though the girl is rescued, Atlee’s actions are called into question.
Especially after she manages to save a young girl during an attempted abduction in Colorado, the circumstances of which remind her of the past. Atlee Pine, the hero of Baldacci’s hit 2018 thriller Long Road to Mercy, returns to star in the latest page-turning thriller from one of today’s most bankable writers.įollowing the events of last year’s book, FBI agent Atlee Pine finally returns to Georgia to re-open the case of her missing twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted––and in all likelihood, murdered-more than three decades prior.Ĭonsumed with anger and regret, both symptoms of survivor’s guilt, Atlee’s decision to dive back into her sister’s case is as much a move of love as it is necessity.
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