![]() Atlee is not a woman to give up, no matter what the cost to her career and job. She can have no idea as to how deeply this will blow her world apart as she is warned off looking further into the case by her superiors in the FBI or face suspension. A mule has been mutilated and savagely killed, and his rider, Benjamin Priest is missing, a disturbing set of facts that has Atlee investigating with the help of the Park Rangers. She has been at the Grand Canyon placement for a while and has spent some time getting to know the communities and people in this stunning location. She is a physically strong woman who just missed out in being on the US Olympic weightlifting team. With Tor being less than helpful, this is going to be an overriding storyline in this series.Ītlee is a loner, she is close to nobody, and she is not ambitious, she has no interest in living and working in a city and has sought to be placed in remote locations as the sole FBI representative in the area. With tattoos on her body that serve as constant reminders of Mercy, Atlee visits Tor in ADX Florence high security prison in Colorado, aware that it is highly likely he is going to play mind games with her, but she doesn't care, she has to find out what happened to her sister. She is convinced that convicted serial killer, 57 year old Daniel James Tor, was responsible for taking Mercy, and although Tor's patterns of behaviour make this a possibility, there is no proof. Plagued by survivor's guilt, and feeling the wrong sister was taken, Mercy was the good girl, not Atlee, Atlee's memories of what happened that long ago night have only recently returned. At the age of 5 years old, Atlee was left seriously assaulted after her twin sister, Mercy, was abducted from their bedroom. The prolific thriller writer David Baldacci begins a new series featuring female FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine, with quite a backstory. I just didn’t care what happened.ĭavid Putnam author of The Bruno Johnson series. I was not endeared to the victim which made the jeopardy of the book negligible. But the biggest reason was the lack of motivation for me to care. There was one scene that was also over the top and too predictable (the helicopter scene-why leave the café to go talk somewhere else?). This is where the forward motion of the story slows, almost stops and churns in place for no other reason than to up the page count. For me this book just lacked the depth I prefer and had too much filler, what I call running out of plot. I gave it 200 pages before I threw in the towel. The Long Road, was too far into the chocolate and popcorn for my tastes. I have the ability to love them both equally. ![]() I have often classified books as spectrum as either chocolate and popcorn for pure entertainment, and Savory, meat and potatoes for literary works with great depth. Established by David and his wife, Michelle, the Wish You Well Foundation supports family and adult literacy programs in the United States.Ī lifelong Virginian, David is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia School of Law.ĭNF. In addition to being a prolific writer, David is a devoted philanthropist, and his greatest efforts are dedicated to his family’s Wish You Well Foundation®. David has also published seven novels for younger readers. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. In total, David has published 46 novels for adults all have been national and international bestsellers, and several have been adapted for film and television. (Much later, when David thanked her for being the spark that ignited his writing career, she revealed that she’d given him the notebook to keep him quiet, "because every mom needs a break now and then.”)ĭavid published his first novel, Absolute Power, in 1996 the feature film adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. ![]() David Baldacci has been writing since childhood, when his mother gave him a lined notebook in which to write down his stories.
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