This is literally the worst book I have ever read and if I could give it 0 stars, I definitely would. It all builds to an exciting ending as well as, of course, enough loose ends to get a good start on the next book. She and her assistant head back to her hometown to investigate the disappearance of her twin sister (Mercy) when they were six years old. When she was six years old, someone snuck into her bedroom, kidnapped her twin sister, and left her for dead. In the first novel we learn that FBI agent Atlee Pine's twin sister, Mercy, was kidnapped, and likely killed, thirty years ago.

Filling in some gaps in a narrative that Atlee had created, the disappearance of Mercy Pine remains a massive mystery. Atlee Pine, book 2: As a child Atlee Pine was viciously attacked and left for dead, whilst her twin was taken (and killed? After a lifetime of torturous uncertainty, Atlee’s unresolved anger finally gets the better of her on the job, and she finds she has to deal with the demons of her past if she wants to remain with the FBI. I have long been a fan of David Baldacci’s work and enjoy his constant new ideas for series that seem to come out of his publications as fast as I can read them. As an FBI agent, she has never been comfortable in an urban environment or working in a team, she is a loner, which is why being the sole agent at Shattered Rock suits her so well.

When more bodies turn up, Atlee must wonder if there is some symbolism to the entire experience and whether someone in Andersonville might have played a part in Mercy’s disappearance while her parents were clueless and incapacitated.

to be honest, Baldacci isnt the best at writing women and its pretty clear in some places of the book.David is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy programs across the United States. Read on to know more about how and why this was so much better than its prequel, and where its shortcomings were. In FBI Agent Atlee Pine, he has envisioned a new kind of heroine, forged in the fire of trauma and driven by a rare kind of strength. In total, David has published 48 novels for adults; all have been national and international bestsellers and several have been adapted for film and television.