A Minute to Midnight: 2 (Atlee Pine Thriller)

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She saves the child, Holly, from a terrible fate, but her actions in apprehending the perpetrator sees her losing control. It is now a tourist mecca and by sheer coincidence Atlee's visit coincides with an event that will be taking place. A super-smooth read, A Minute to Midnight has everything you’d want in a page-turner – mystery, action, and well fleshed out characterization.

Then we are thrown all the time some 1960s shockers like "girls can do everything" , not making coffee for your boss, wounded male pride over tall woman in heels, which would be quite an OhMyGod moment if we were, well, in the 1960s. Luckily Baldacci is one of those authors who treats his readers well, and we should not be waiting very long.Baldacci can be relied on to provide a twisted thriller, packed with suspense and tension, giving us the latest thrilling installment in Atlee Pine's life, a woman who has never gotten over her twin sister's disappearance as a young child. Remembering that she and Mercy were excitable six year-olds at the time, Atlee wonders if her mind was slightly foggy about how the mystery man got into their room.

David published his first novel, Absolute Power, in 1996; the feature film adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. Thirty years ago when her sister Mercy was abducted and neither Mercy or the person who took her were ever found. However, after an incident that could have Atlee kicked out of the FBI she is told to take a holiday. I have long been a fan of David Baldacci’s work and enjoy his constant new ideas for series that seem to come out of his publications as fast as I can read them.Of course Atlee stays involved in this case even though she is supposed to be on vacation and trying to find the answers to what happened to Mercy. The audiobook narration was excellent - having one male and one female share the voices is definitely a better way to cover the range of accents and both were easy on the ear. Whilst doing this there is a brutal killer on the loose in town and she joins forces with the locals to stop them.

Atlee has no intention of leaving the Deep South without answers, but the one who is most forthcoming might be locked away on the other side of the country. Pine's memories are hazy, she remembers how the abductor chose to take her sister, whilst leaving Pine with life threatening injuries.In this hugely entertaining and compulsive read, we learn more about what has made Pine the woman she is today, as she investigates present day murders whilst becoming aware just how little she knows about her own past. A masterful way of incorporating the history (in an historical setting) which leads to multiple revelations about Pine’s family, their secrets; all the while various crimes unfold around her. There are numerous moments of revelation that even Atlee could not have predicted, which thickens the plot. I would like to thank NetGalley, Pan Macmillan and the author David Baldacci for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.