IN JUST EIGHT MINUTES – SO MANY LIVES DESTROYEDĪfter the tragic events of July 22, 2005, the book follows the lives of many of the survivors and family members, Some can't get far enough away, some are stuck and angry, while others used that day to find purpose in their lives. She knows what she’s supposed to do, she had the training. Officer Essie McVee is in the parking lot of DownEast Mall dealing with a minor car accident when her police radio squawks. “The gunfire-and he would never, never forget the sound of it-came closer. Reed doesn’t think, he just picks up the boy and runs for cover.
Then he sees a little boy all on his own. People are running towards him, falling, almost crushing each other. He's just finishing up his break when he hears popping noises.then screaming. Reed Quartermaine waits tables at a restaurant in the DownEast mall. Her instincts kick in and she runs back to the bathroom and calls 911… She doesn’t want to believe what she’s seeing. And the figure, dark in the dark, walking methodically up the rows.” And people, shadows and silhouettes, falling, running, falling. All of a sudden, the theatre door slams open and a man covered in blood comes stumbling out… Just as she's heading back towards the theatre, she hears loud popping noises. Halfway through her large Fanta, Simone has to run to the ladies room. She has no idea that these choices will likely save her life.
Simone orders what she normally does at the movies a large Fanta drink and Swedish Fish. Simone Knox and her two best friends, Tish and Mi are at the DownEast mall to see a movie. In my opinion, “Shelter in Place” was another great read from Nora Roberts!! When I came across this novel, I read the description and immediately added it to the top of my list. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book from Nora Roberts. “Sometimes, there is nowhere safe to hide.” 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. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, hopelessly clutching her cell phone-until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art.īut one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down.
Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at the video-game store tended to customers. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Sometimes, there is nowhere safe to hide.
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