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Atlee Pine
The Atlee Pine series by David Baldacci has 4 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Long Road to Mercy (2018).
- Books
- 4 books
- First published
- 2018
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: Long Road to Mercy (2018) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Long Road to Mercy
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Long Road to Mercy - Book 2:
A Minute to Midnight
Alternative text for cover: Cover of A Minute to Midnight - Book 3:
Daylight
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Daylight - Book 4:
Mercy
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Mercy
About the Atlee Pine series
Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent working the Bureau's most remote territory — the rural Southwest — whose entire career has been shaped by one unsolved trauma: as a child, she watched her twin sister Mercy get abducted, and Mercy was never found. David Baldacci opens the series with Pine chasing present-day cases (a mine disappearance, a serial-killer investigation) while the cold case of Mercy's kidnapping runs underneath every book, finally taking center stage as Pine goes rogue to find the truth herself. It's a more personal, psychologically driven series than many of Baldacci's other thrillers, built around one investigator's decades-long search for closure as much as any individual case.
The series is short but tightly serialized — only four books, with the abduction mystery resolving by the final one — and includes a direct crossover with Baldacci's John Puller series in Daylight (2020), where Pine and Puller's investigations intersect. It's a good fit for readers who want a female-led FBI thriller with a strong emotional throughline rather than a purely case-of-the-week structure.
Frequently asked questions
How many Atlee Pine books are there?
There are 4 Atlee Pine novels: Long Road to Mercy (2018), A Minute to Midnight (2019), Daylight (2020), and Mercy (2021).
What order should I read the Atlee Pine books in?
Publication order, in strict sequence. The series tells one serialized story — the search for Pine's abducted twin sister — that resolves in the fourth book, Mercy.
Is Daylight an Atlee Pine book or a John Puller book?
Both — it's a direct crossover featuring both protagonists, counted as book 3 in the Atlee Pine series and book 5 in the John Puller series.
Is the Atlee Pine series finished?
Effectively yes — Mercy (2021) resolves the central mystery of Pine's sister's abduction that drove the whole series, and no further Atlee Pine novel has been announced since.
Do I need to read Atlee Pine before John Puller, or vice versa?
No. Both series can be started independently; they only intersect directly in Daylight, the third Pine book / fifth Puller book.
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