![]() Long Road to Mercy moves at a frenetic pace, helped in part by great characterisation – especially Atlee and her secretary Blum – who following a sticky beginning, click and help carry the storyline along. ![]() Give her a beer at the end of the day and she’s happy. She doesn’t enjoy relationships, a loner as I’ve just said and someone who’s really not interested in climbing the corporate FBI ladder. She’s intelligent and clever and can beat most men at hand to hand combat, she also has a soft side but that takes a little coaxing out!Ītlee carries a lot of baggage as we soon discover, attacked at the age of 5 in her own bedroom, the abduction of her twin sister Mercy that same night, helps mould her into the fierce loner we are introduced to. She’s a ballsy character and one who knows what she wants and how to get it. So this time around we are introduced to Atlee Pine, Baldacci’s first female lead and in a time of #metoo and sexual equality Atlee has arrived just in time, in fact her timing is impeccable. I think I was twenty pages in when I suddenly thought this would make a charming film and guess what, they made one! I digress! Halfway through Long Road to Mercy there’s a thrilling scene set on a train travelling across America, it made me think of David’s previous book! Plenty of subject matter and imagination available there then! It was about this time last year that I read David Baldacci’s book The Christmas Train, a real good feeling book about, you’ve guessed it, Christmas! It’s the same old story – travelling at Christmas in inclement weather, and an adventure with plenty of intrigue. I, for one, cannot wait for the next in this series and if you are contemplating reading this book, just do it, you will not be disappointed!! A brilliant five stars As you would expect from the first in a series, not all loose ends are fully tied up - things will no doubt become clearer in future books and I look forward to reading more about the adventures of Thelma and Louise!. Having holidayed in Arizona many years ago, it was great to remember places especially the Grand Canyon. At times I did wonder if the storyline was a little unrealistic, but really, who knows what people are capable of in this political climate. I loved the way that she teamed up with her assistant Carol Blum and how cool was it that the real life Carol Blum won a competition to have a character named after her and what a brilliant character too!. The writing is great, fast paced, full of action and twists and turns. Boy, I was not disappointed!! Atlee is a great character - tough, determined, gritty, unafraid but, as with all great characters, she comes with a troubled past. ![]() #LongRoadToMercy #NetGalley I already knew that David Baldacci was a great crime writer and so I was excited to have the chance to review the first in his new series which features a female lead character FBI Special Agent Atlee Pine. Recommended and look forward to the next book. Atlee is a bit of a superwoman, does MMA, missed out on the Olympic team at weight lifting etc etc Perhaps a trifle over described?Ītlee is a loner, which is why she asked to be located to a station in the middle of nowhere, she comes across as tenacious, with a never give up character and is ably assisted by Carol Blum. She is then called in to look into the disappearance of Benjamin from a group tour and with just the murdered, and mutilated mule that was left behind in the Grand Canyon, which I feel I know like the back of my hand now. On the whole it was a enjoyable read, started well with tense first chapter as we are introduced to Agent Atlee Pine who goes to a maximum security prison to interview a serial killer on the whereabouts of her twin sister who was abducted at the age of 6 from the bedroom they were both asleep in. ![]() I am a huge David Baldacci fan, and was excited to read his new one, especially as he brings in a new character.
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