But she wouldn’t be out of place in a James Bond book as a secret operative.Ītlee has to navigate some of the most treacherous parts of the Grand Canyon to solve the mystery, but of course, she is up to it, as is Sam. Blum is in her sixties and is always meticulously and professionally dressed. In addition to handsome Sam, Atlee is also aided immensely by her clever and resourceful office secretary, Carol Blum. Olympic team as a weightlifter and “her core was iron.” This is not a problem however, since Atlee, whose name might have been “Jackie” Reacher (referring here to the cartoonishly invulnerable hero Jack Reacher in the series by Lee Child), is solid, muscular, previously competed in MMA (mixed martial arts) and kickboxing, and “had the toughness and confidence to survive in a man’s world.” She came within one kilo of making the U.S. All she knows for sure is that her life is in danger. Before long, she gets involved in a complicated matter that seems to involve Russia, North Korea, China, the U.S. Atlee, along with the fit, handsome ranger Sam Kettler, tried to find out what happened but Atlee was warned by her supervisors to let it go. She is asked to go to the relatively nearby Grand Canyon for a case involving a missing tourist his mule was found cut up but there was no evidence of the rider. The obsession over what happened to Mercy shaped her life it made her a loner, and motivated her to get in the best possible physical condition so she would never be taken by surprise again.Ītlee works as the sole FBI agent in a remote office in Shattered Rock, Arizona. She is desperate for closure, but Tor has no reason to provide her with that satisfaction. ![]() ![]() He admitted to 34 killings but not to her sister’s. Atlee believes that a brilliant serial killer, Daniel James Tor, was the one who took her sister, but she can’t prove it. Long Road to Mercy is the first in a new series about FBI agent Atlee Pine, 35, whose twin sister Mercy was abducted from their bedroom window and presumably murdered when the girls were six years old. I received this book as a gift, so it seemed like a good opportunity to see what makes this author so popular. ![]() David Baldacci has published many mystery/thrillers, several of which have been adapted for film and television, but I had not read any of his books before now.
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