![]() ![]() Soon Archer discovers that recovering the debt won’t be so easy. Within a single night, his search for gainful employment - and a stiff drink leads him to a local bar, where he is hired for what seems like a simple job: to collect a debt owed to a powerful local businessman, Hank Pittleman. The small town quickly proves more complicated and dangerous than Archer’s years serving in the war or his time in jail. When war veteran Aloysius Archer is released from Carderock Prison, he is sent to Poca City on parole with a short list of do‘s and a much longer list of don’ts: do report regularly to his parole officer, don’t go to bars, certainly don’t drink alcohol, do get a job-and don’t ever associate with loose women. As potential witnesses start disappearing, Decker and White are inexorably pulled down a twisted tunnel of secrets, crimes, and scandal-at the end of which lies Decker’s deadliest threat yet. and forces him to reckon with his future. Meanwhile, Decker must contend with a series of unsettling changes, including a new partner-Special Agent Frederica “Freddie” White-and a devastating event that brings Decker’s own tragic past back to the present. Who was the real target in this vicious attack? What at first seems cut and dry is anything but: Not only did the judge have more enemies than Decker can count-from violent gang members, drug dealers, and smugglers to a resentful ex-husband-but the bodyguard presents additional conundrums that muddy the waters even further. When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double homicide, the case appears straightforward: A federal judge and her bodyguard have been found dead, the judge’s face sporting a blindfold with two eye holes crudely cut out, a clear sign that she’d made one too many enemies over her years on the bench. Only this time–when one mistake could cost him everything–Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all… Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme–with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville. Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene. It’s a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Cryptic clues left at the scenes–obscure bible verses, odd symbols–have the police stumped.Īmos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex’s sister and her family. ![]() The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X A fabulous new character from a master storyteller.Something sinister is going on in Baronville. 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. 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. ![]()
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