All Atlee Pine books are terriffic .... This one won't disappoint
Enjoyed the book can't wait until the next Atlee series book comes out
At the age of six, someone broke into the bedroom of twins Atlee and Mercy Pine while they were sleeping. Mercy was taken from her bed and Atlee left behind. This caused Atlee to take a job in law enforcement. Now she works as an FBI Agent at a small outpost outside of the Grand Canyon.
Atlee is alerted to an incident on one of the park trails. A pack mule has been found stabbed to death. Atlee and the park rangers search for Ben Priest, the person who had been riding the mule, but find no leads. She contacts Priest's brother who hasn't talked to him for several weeks and has no idea what he was doing at the park. But when the brother sends a photo of Ben to Atlee, she realizes the picture does not match the description of the person who was riding the mule.
This is the first book in the Atlee Pine series. I found the backstory about Atlee's missing sister to be distracting. She'd be in the middle of asking questions about the incident when she would think about her sister and the fact that she never heard from her after her abduction. I'm assuming we will get closure on this story sometime during the series.
I found the mystery interesting. Atlee is no pushover and can hold her own in a fight. She and her assistant, Carol Blum, decide to track down the real Ben Priest to see if he knows anything about the imposter who is using his name. This leads them into a somewhat convoluted mystery that has them running for their lives. I was highly entertained by this part of the story and am looking forward to the next book in the series. My rating: 4 Stars.
Atlee is alerted to an incident on one of the park trails. A pack mule has been found stabbed to death. Atlee and the park rangers search for Ben Priest, the person who had been riding the mule, but find no leads. She contacts Priest's brother who hasn't talked to him for several weeks and has no idea what he was doing at the park. But when the brother sends a photo of Ben to Atlee, she realizes the picture does not match the description of the person who was riding the mule.
This is the first book in the Atlee Pine series. I found the backstory about Atlee's missing sister to be distracting. She'd be in the middle of asking questions about the incident when she would think about her sister and the fact that she never heard from her after her abduction. I'm assuming we will get closure on this story sometime during the series.
I found the mystery interesting. Atlee is no pushover and can hold her own in a fight. She and her assistant, Carol Blum, decide to track down the real Ben Priest to see if he knows anything about the imposter who is using his name. This leads them into a somewhat convoluted mystery that has them running for their lives. I was highly entertained by this part of the story and am looking forward to the next book in the series. My rating: 4 Stars.
Original plot. Story draws you in and gets you thinking about what you would have done in her situation. Great read!
Eadie B. (eadieburke) -
Her name is Atlee Pine, the latest creation from bestselling author David Baldacci. She has unstoppable tenacity, always a fighter who is unwilling to cede any ground. She has endured real nightmares and she has the emotional and physical scars to show for it. And she got that long before she became an adult. She is a FBI Special Agent assigned to the wilds of the western US. She has to cover, often solo, vast tracts of area: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona. Small towns, impossibly long distances in-between, isolation like most on the East Coast have never experienced, and an environment where anything can and does happen. Working with the locals who respect, and also sometimes fear her, and have never really been allowed to know her, Atlee Pine turns her vast investigative skills and unmatched drive to find out the truth. Along the way she will revisit painful memories of her own, come to grips with what she is and what she might one day aspire to be. But in the end, she will have to confront not only a new monster, but also the old one of her nightmares. Atlee Pine is a great debut for Baldacci. She is a tough FBI agent who is looking for her twin sister, Mercy, who has been taken from their bedroom at age six. In this book, she is working the Grand Canyon area and is searching for a Priest brother. It is a great introduction to Atlee Pine and a mystery to match. If you like action thrillers then you will like this one. Looking forward to my next Atlee Pine novel in the future.
Good read
