Minuta do polunochi
(Book)

"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."

Atlee Pine has spent most of her life trying to find out what happened one fateful night in Andersonville, Georgia. Her six-year-old twin sister, Mercy, was taken and Atlee was left for dead while their parents were apparently partying downstairs. One person who continues to haunt her is notorious serial killer, Daniel James Tor, confined to a Colorado maximum security prison. Does he really know what happened to Mercy? The family moved away. The parents divorced. And Atlee chose a career with the FBI dedicating her life to catching those who hurt others. When she oversteps the mark on the arrest of a dangerous criminal, she's given a leave of absence, offering the perfect opportunity to return to where it all began and find some answers. But the trip to Andersonville turns into a roller-coaster ride of murder, long-buried secrets, and lies. And a revelation so personal that everything she once believed to be true is fast turning to dust.