Book Title: Shelter by Harlan Coben
Thoughts: Coben pulled me in with the first chapter of this book. To me it doesn't seem like Mickey Bolitar's life could become any worse: he saw his father die in front of his eyes in a car wreck; his mother is in rehab because she cannot deal with life without Mickey's father; he has to move in with his uncle Myron who he doesn't like; and he makes an enemy of the senior basketball team captain, whose father happens to be the sheriff of the town who also holds a grudge against Mickey's uncle Myron.
Mickey does eventually acquire a girlfriend, Ashley, who mysteriously disappears. Mickey ends up befriending two social misfits Ema and Spoon, who help him with his investigation to find out what happened to Ashley.
Even though I don't find the plot completely realistic with Mickey's fighting ability, he does not safely escape from all incidents without a few bruises.
I found out this weekend that Mikey was introduced in Coben's Live Wire, so I am going to check out this series and read it too. While this doesn't have the comedy of Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Mickey trying to shelter his friends from being hurt is a page turner that I did not want to put down because I wanted to know what the next incident Mickey would find himself in.
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