


Roberts’s characters are serviceable, but real draw is the story, which has some welcome red herrings and a page-turning brio that elevates it above the average thriller. Reed can’t keep himself away from the case of the new deaths, even after it’s taken over by the FBI and he meets and falls for Simone. Patricia blames Simone especially for her brother’s death, but particularly has it out for Reed now that he’s survived her attack. His fears are confirmed when he is attacked by Patricia Hobart, the younger sister of one of the shooters who was killed. You 8 hours ago Roberts had a shot deflected out for a corner on 72 minutes. Three years later, Reed starts to suspect that something’s afoot once he notices that people who were present at DownEast that night begin to turn up dead. High schooler Simone Knox encounters fame as the first 911 caller and grows up to become a renowned artist who honors the victims by sculpting their likenesses. Genres: Romance PART ONE Innocence Lost No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms. After saving a child during a shooting at the DownEast Mall, college kid Reed Quartermaine bonds with the first officer on the scene, Essie McVee, and decides to be a cop. Sometimes, there is nowhere safe to hide.From 1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Robertsa powerful tale of heart, heroism. Its not always easy to blend these genres but Roberts does it well. The latest from the prolific Roberts ( Irish Thoroughbred) follows the survivors of a mass shooting in Maine as they piece their lives together, only to be targeted three years later by the tragedy’s mastermind. The story is part romance, part mystery & thriller.
