It’s only then she realises her own memories of the night her sister was abducted could be faulty and that her parents weren’t exactly the people she’d thought them to be. In the background Pine and Blum are talking to the few people left in Andersonville who remember her parents. A link is soon identified between the victims but the ‘why’ is the question. Although on holidays, Pine’s pulled into the investigation which becomes more complicated (and dare I say interesting… in a macabre way) when others are killed. Pine is kicking over the past to see what comes loose when she (almost literally) stumbles across a murder. But here she dives right in along with her trusty admin worker (who I’m sure would give most FBI agents a run for their money) Carol Blum. Her sister’s abduction was touched on in the first book and Pine obviously bears the scars and baggage from that time and later fallout involving her family. There’s less mention of her bigger-than-usual frame here, other than reference to her athletic prowess and how she differs from her waif-like mother.Īgain the book opens with Pine visiting the serial killer she thinks may have kidnapped her twin sister almost thirty years earlier. I re-read my review of Long Road to Mercybefore starting this and liked that Pine was not a petite little thing, and (on top of that) very athletic. But the trip to Andersonville turns into a roller-coaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies.Īnd a revelation so personal that everything she once believed to be true is fast turning to dust.

When she oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, she's given a leave of absence offering the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began, and find some answers.

And Atlee chose a career with the FBI dedicating her life to catching those who hurt others. Does he really know what happened to Mercy? One person who continues to haunt her is notorious serial killer, Daniel James Tor, confined to a Colorado maximum security prison. Her six-year-old twin sister, Mercy, was taken and Atlee was left for dead while their parents were apparently partying downstairs. Genres: Thriller / Suspense, Crime FictionĪtlee Pine has spent most of her life trying to find out what happened that fateful night in Andersonville, Georgia. I still loved Pine… and found the plot itself more engaging. There were a few changes to some of the key players in the new release, A Minute to Midnight, which I enjoyed more than its predecessor. The book ended up delving a little into conspiracies and spies and the like, so my excitement waned a little (as it’s not a topic of interest to me) but I really liked Pine and the support cast offered in the first of that series. I was also excited when he introduced a new protagonist, FBI agent Atlee Pine, last year in Long Road to Mercy. I adore David Baldacci’s Amos Decker (Memory Man) series.

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