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Seconds Away by Harlan Coben (view source)
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|summary=As intense and exciting as the [[Shelter by Harlan Coben|first instalment]], with mysteries about the main characters unravelling along with the story. Even more intrigue about the mysterious Abeona Shelter promises to make this a stand out crime series.
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Mickey Bolitar has had enough excitement to last him a lifetime. Helping the Abeona Shelter to rescue his girlfriend Ashley almost saw his best friend Ema killed, but it seems Mickey and his friends aren't out of the woods yet. A shooting has left Rachel - gorgeous, popular Rachel, whose smile makes Mickey's stomach flip - in hospital, her mother dead. The Chief of Police - also Rachel's boyfriend's father - is acting shady, and Rachel herself is sending Mickey cryptic text messages, begging him not to tell anyone else she's speaking to him.
Add to that the ongoing saga of the mysterious Bat Lady, and her conviction that Mickey's father, who he watched die in a car crash, is still alive, and it becomes very clear that things are not over yet...
Mickey's second outing is just as gripping as the [[Shelter by Harlan Coben|first]], with another neatly packaged little mystery, surrounded by the larger, ongoing mystery of the Abeona Shelter and what exactly is going on with the Bat Lady.
In fact, the whole 'who shot Rachel?' thing in the hands of a lesser author, is a mystery that would have lasted all of about three chapters, but Coben knows how to throw a red herring or two into the mix, while making the mystery more about the characters than the race for the solution.