He and his new partner are T-boned by a Mack truck as soon as they arrive in town, and when Burke wakes up in the hospital, he finds that his partner is dead, all of his identification is missing, and the townspeople, from the nurse to the sheriff to a pretty, helpful bartender, are all disturbingly affable (except for the sheriff) and yet completely unhelpful. Normally I am pretty cynical about books that seem made-for-TV, but Pines really sucked me in.Įthan Burke is a Secret Service agent sent to Wayward Pines, Idaho, to find a pair of fellow agents who went missing a month ago. It's a creepy mystery that gets creepier and more unreal with every chapter, and I'm sure the TV series (which I have not seen) capitalizes on this episodic quality. I wonder if the author wrote it with TV in mind. I can see why this book is compared to "Twin Peaks," and also how it became a TV series. Why can’t he make contact with his family in the outside world? Why doesn’t anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what’s the purpose of the electrified fences encircling the town? Are they keeping the residents in? Or something else out? Each step toward the truth takes Ethan further from the world he knows, until he must face the horrifying possibility that he may never leave Wayward Pines alive…
As the days pass, Ethan’s investigation into his colleagues’ disappearance turns up more questions than answers.
The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off. After a violent accident lands him in the hospital, Ethan comes to with no ID and no cell phone. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in search of two missing federal agents, yet soon is facing much more than he bargained for. Wayward Pines, Idaho, is quintessential small-town America - or so it seems.
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