Shelter by Harlan CobenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
When teenager Mickey Bolitar moves in to live with his uncle it is as a result of seeing his father die, and his mother becoming an addict undergoing rehabilitation. Despite resenting the situation with Uncle Myron, Mickey sets out to attend his new secondary school only to find even more problems await his attention. One of his new friends, Ashley, vanishes without trace, and Ema and Spoon agree to help Mickey find her. Both of these characters have their own appealing traits and I found it very entertaining on every page whenever they appeared!
Mickey is an ace at martial arts and this becomes extremely useful when he is confronted by some idiot students, in order to rescue two girls from them at his new school. Meanwhile, Mickey has even more problems with the bullying local police chief, father of one of the idiots. He is the captain of the school basketball team and is also a major competitor for the attentions of one of the more popular girls in the school. The mystery of Ashley’s disappearance becomes much darker and involves a strip club and a strange ‘Bat Lady’ who lives in an old house that Mickey passes every day on his way to school. Shelter is a great crime novel that has you involved right to the very end.
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