A Minute to Midnight: An Atlee Pine Thriller, Book 2 by David Baldacci: Conversation Starters
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A Minute to Midnight is the second installment in the bestselling Atlee Pine thriller series by David Baldacci. FBI Agent Atlee Pine knows that she has to face her childhood demons if she wants to keep her job. After letting her emotions get the best of her while apprehending a child abductor, she's forced to take time off work. Atlee uses this opportunity to return to her hometown in Georgia to uncover the mystery surrounding the kidnapping and suspected murder of her twin sister, Mercy, thirty years ago.
With her assistant, Carol Blum, Atlee awakens old rumors and secrets in her town that can give her the answers she’s looking for. Just when she feels she's on the right track, however, a woman is found murdered with cultish implications, and another body is discovered shortly afterward. Now, Atlee has to find the suspect to prevent another murder from happening while unearthing details from her past that she might not be ready to learn after all.
A Minute to Midnight is a New York Times #1 bestselling book. It garnered an impressive 4.21-star rating on Goodreads based on 1,961 reviews and 24,662 ratings. Associated Press described it as a book that “spooks and horrifies,” and Providence Journal called it an “angst-riddled tale” that readers will have trouble putting down past midnight.
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Introducing A Minute to Midnight
A Minute to Midnight is the second book in the Atlee Pine Thriller series by renowned American novelist David Baldacci. It follows the protagonist, Atlee Pine, as she spirals downward due to the unresolved mystery surrounding the abduction and likely murder of her twin sister, Mercy.
The story opens with her visit to the ADX, a federal supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. It is home to the world’s most notorious criminals, and she’s there to speak to one of them. Daniel James Thor is a sociopath, a narcissist, and a murderer whom Atlee believes is responsible for Mercy’s demise thirty years ago. The incident had left her scarred mentally, emotionally, and physically, as the suspect had brutally assaulted her and left her for dead. But James Thor is no less devilish after spending time in prison, and he plays mind games with her that only leads to more frustrations than she can handle.
A subsequent car chase with a kidnapper on her way back to Shattered Rock, Arizona, tips the balance for her. She captures the culprit and vents her anger on him, leaving him seriously injured. Her boss, Clint Dobbs, concludes that she needs to take time out from work to resolve her issues. At the back of her mind, Atlee knew that if she doesn’t use this time out
to deal with her personal crisis, it won’t be long before she loses her