

Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X A fabulous new character from a master storyteller. It should come as no shock that a thriller writer for the ages has created a character for the ages! 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. and a revelation so personal that everything she once believed is fast turning to dust. When Atlee oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, the FBI gives her a leave of absence – the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began.ĭetermined to finally uncover the truth, Atlee Pine’s journey home turns into a rollercoaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets and lies.

Does he really know what happened to Mercy? A notorious serial killer, locked in a maximum-security prison, continues to haunt her.

Since that fateful night, Atlee has dedicated her life and career to catching those who hurt others.Ītlee has never stopped searching for answers about her sister. They are quite the crime fighting pair.A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.Īt six years old, Atlee’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the family home while Atlee was left for dead. “A Minute to Midnight” is a fun twisty thriller that is very hard to put down!Ītlee rocks….as does Blum. Oh, to find out what happens, you will have to read the book. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental. Since Atlee is FBI, she offers to help the local sheriff untangle this murder, when…….Īnother body shows up, this one dressed in a tux and a top hat. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. WTF? Andersonville has not had a murder in….forever. In Andersonville, Atlee finds a few folks who remember her from 30 years ago, and are somewhat helpful in filling in missing information for her, when……Ī body shows up dressed in an old-fashioned marriage veil. Stationed in the two person (the other person being her assistant, Carol Blum) FBI office in Shattered Rock, Arizona (near the Grand Canyon), Atlee is having anger issues related to her 30 year old crisis and her boss gives her some time to visit her old home in Andersonville, Georgia to see if she can gather some cold-case info (and closure) on Mercy’s kidnapping. She is not making the progress she hopes. This is the second book in the Atlee Pine series.įBI Special Agent (and former Olympic weightlifter) Atlee Pine is convinced she has found her twin sister’s kidnapper.ĭaniel James Tor is a sociopathic killer spending the rest of his miserable life in a federal supermax prison in Colorado, and Atlee is there to visit him for the third time as she tries to understand why he took Mercy and almost killed Atlee (known then as Lee) when they were both 6 years old.
