Shelter in Place

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From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)--a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.

It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video-game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived.

The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour the emotions of that night into her art.

But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.

From the author of Year One and Come Sundown, Shelter in Place blends propulsive suspense, a cast of vivid characters, and intimate psychological insight in a rich, exciting read.
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464 pages

Average rating: 8.15

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Reanae99
Apr 26, 2024
10/10 stars
You have to admire an author who can make you care enough about the characters and their situation to make you cry before you reach page 20.
GymnasticsFan
Feb 19, 2024
8/10 stars
Really good and different from any of her previous books. Make sure you have plenty of tissues.
margardenlady
Dec 27, 2023
8/10 stars
Mass shootings are heartbreaking and immediately shocking. But there is a natural aftermath to them as well. Roberts explores that in this thriller. In addition to the emotional and physical scars left from surviving such an attack, this one has a mastermind that is hunting survivors of the event.
Natlamm
Feb 16, 2023
4/10 stars
This book is a little much... corny and the characters where able to guess correctly a little too easily

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