Review: Mercy

Mercy by David Baldacci
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I don't know what to say about this book, but I'll give it a whirl! However, DO NOT start this series with this book. Although it provides a lot of backstories, you will have lost something precious. Astounding, riveting, violent, vicious, emotional, gratifying...I can come up with more, but why bore you? This was one of the best books I have read in quite a while. I assume (yes, I know what they say about assuming things!). However, I do hope that there may be at least one more book. All of the other books in this series have been written using just Atlee's point of view; this book is written a bit differently by using Atlee's and Mercy's voice as well as another secondary/main character. It was a bit spooky, but I was quickly able to get into it. It was almost like getting three stories in one. As I said, I don't know what I can say to get you to read this, but if you like Baldacci's works and have stuck with this series, then you HAVE to read this book to see how it all ends. I liked this series so much that I have gone out to buy the two books I received as ARC. *ARC provided by the publisher Grand Central Publishing, the author David Baldacci, and NetGalley. Thank-you.

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SYNOPSIS: "FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s harrowing search for her long-lost sister Mercy reaches a boiling point in this breakneck thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. 

 
For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine has been searching for her twin sister, Mercy, who was abducted at the age of six and never seen again. Mercy’s disappearance left behind a damaged family that later shattered beyond repair when Atlee’s parents inexplicably abandoned her.
 
Now, after a perilous investigation that nearly proved fatal, Atlee has finally discovered not only the reason behind her parents’ abandonment and Mercy’s kidnapping, but also the most promising breakthrough yet: proof that Mercy survived her abduction and then escaped her captors many years ago. 
 
Though Atlee is tantalizingly close to her family at last, the final leg of her long road to Mercy will be the most treacherous yet. Mercy left at least one dead body behind before fleeing her captors years before. Atlee has no idea if her sister is still alive, and if so, how she has been surviving all this time. When the truth is finally revealed, Atlee Pine will face the greatest danger yet, and it may well cost her everything.