Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. Now, Atlee is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon, and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon.

David Baldacci introduces a remarkable new character. Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. Now, Atlee is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon, and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon.

Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. And she's the best at it. She could be one of the Bureau's top criminal profilers, if she didn't prefer catching criminals in the vast wilderness of the West to climbing the career ladder in the D.C. office. Her chosen mission is a lonesome one, but that suits her just fine. Now Atlee is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon -- and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon.

Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. And she's the best at it. She could be one of the Bureau's top criminal profilers, if she didn't prefer catching criminals in the vast wilderness of the West to climbing the career ladder in the D.C. office. Her chosen mission is a lonesome one, but that suits her just fine. Now Atlee is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon -- and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon.

Atlee Pine is an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States. Ever since her twin sister was abducted by a notorious serial killer at age five, Atlee has spent her life hunting down those who hurt others. And she's the best at it. She could be one of the Bureau's top criminal profilers, if she didn't prefer catching criminals in the vast wilderness of the West to climbing the career ladder in the D.C. office. Her chosen mission is a lonesome one, but that suits her just fine. Now Atlee is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon -- and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon.

"Atlee Pine, an FBI special agent assigned to the remote wilds of the western United States, is called in to investigate the mutilated carcass of a mule found in the Grand Canyon - and hopefully, solve the disappearance of its rider. But this isn't the only recent disappearance. In fact, it may be just the first clue, the key to unraveling a rash of other similar missing persons cases in the canyon ..."--

"V pami͡ati u Ėtli Paĭn, slovno stalʹnai͡a zanoza, zaselo vospominanie: eĭ shestʹ let, i vtorgshiĭsi͡a v ikh dom muzhchina vybiraet s pomoshchʹi͡u detskoĭ schitalki mezhdu neĭ i Mersi, ee sestroĭ-bliznet͡som. V itoge on ostanavlivaetsi͡a na Mersi i unosit ee s soboĭ. Bolʹshe Ėtli nikogda ne videla sestrenku. Spusti͡a tridt͡satʹ let spet͡sialʹnyĭ agent FBR Paĭn, otchai͡avshisʹ vyrvatʹ priznanie u manʹi͡aka, kotorogo ona schitaet pokhititelem Mersi, vozvrashchaetsi͡a na mesto davneĭ tragedii. Dom detstva v gorodke Andersonvillʹ, shtat Dzhordzhii͡a -- ee posledni͡ai͡a nadezhda. No lichnoe rassledovanie, skolʹ by zhiznenno vazhnym ono ni bylo, pridetsi͡a otlozhitʹ. Zdesʹ, v zakholustʹe, gde so vremen "Unesennykh vetrom" ne proiskhodilo nichego osobennogo, soversheno kraĭne zagadochnoe ubiĭstvo: molodai͡a zhenshchina ne prosto zhestoko lishena zhizni, no i oblachena posle ėtogo v antikvarnui͡u svadebnui͡u fatu."