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 her emotions into her art.
But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the Down East 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.
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On Friday, July 22, Simone Knox ordered a large Fanta - orange - to go with her popcorn and Swedish Fish. CHAPTER ONE
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(Brilliance Audio, 29 May 2018, audiobook, 15 hours 22 minutes, bought from @audibleuk, narrated by @justjanuary)
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I'm a fan of the author. I've read/listened to quite a lot of her books and tend to enjoy them. I don't read her romance fiction but enjoy her other stuff. There are romantic elements to Shelter in Place but the main plot is a thriller about a mass shooting and aftermath and repercussions many years later. This is a good quality production and I thought the narration was fantastic and each character individual. The romantic scenes between two of the characters got in the way of the main story and I just wanted to get back to the point but thankfully they didn't last long. I really enjoyed listening to this.
