Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel

By Harlan Coben

Book Overview

From the international bestselling author of Fool Me Once comes a compelling mystery as a teenager transfers to a different high school after witnessing his father's murder and uncovers a conspiracy with more drama than his new school.

"A mysterious old lady, a terrible evil, a courageous young hero, and a secret that could turn his world upside down--the suspense never lets up."--Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

"A spellbinding novel of mystery and intrigue, adolescence and adulthood, crime and punishment from a writer who's at the very top of his game. I have one word for you: Wow "--Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of the Kingdom Keepers and Steel Trapp series

Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools.

A new school comes with new friends and new enemies, and lucky for Mickey, it also comes with a great new girlfriend, Ashley. For a while, it seems like Mickey's train wreck of a life is finally improving--until Ashley vanishes without a trace. Unwilling to let another person walk out of his life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that this seemingly sweet, shy girl isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon, Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it makes high school drama seem like a luxury--and leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.

First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's latest adult novel, Live Wire, Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142422037
• ISBN13: 9780142422038
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Speak
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher