Robin M. (robinmy) - , reviewed on 1/24/2023 + 2104 more book reviews

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.

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