Harlan Coben: Shelter

And then it happened. She turned the page and pointed at the photograph of the Butcher in his Waffen-SS uniform. I saw right away that he hadn’t died, that the Nazi hunters had been wrong. You see, I had seen this man before.

He had sandy hair and green eyes, and last time I saw him, he was taking my father away in an ambulance.

I had a blast writing Shelter , and I can’t tell you what a thrill it is to have you as a reader.

I want to thank my great Penguin YA team: Shanta Newlin, Emily Romero, Elyse Marshall, Erin Dempsey, Lisa DeGroff, Courtney Wood, Greg Stadnyk, Ryan Thomann, Jen Loja and Shauna Fay-not to mention the usual suspects, Brian Tart, Ben Sevier and Christine Ball.

I also need to thank Maria Cannon’s students at George Washington Middle School for helping with the cover.

My kids and their friends were all tremendous inspirations. Yes, I eavesdropped, so you might see yourself on some of these pages. Sorry!

I especially want to thank my wonderful editor Jen Besser and my dear friend and new publisher, Don Weisberg. And of course, my wife, Anne, who knew that it was finally time to write this book.

I’m hoping to write more books about Mickey Bolitar and the gang. To stay in touch with us, please visit MickeyBolitar.com.