Seconds Away (338 pages)

Just finished Harlan Coben's new YA book and it is a doozie! It is the first in a series,  and I can't wait for the next book! Mickey Bolitar has two new friends, Ema and Spoon. They are suddenly in the middle of a mystery along with another friend named Rachel. Part of the mystery involves the Abeona Shelter. This organization's goal is to save children who have been abducted. Mickey, Ema, and Spoon are suddenly rocked by a shooting that appears to injure Rachel and definitely kills her mother. Now Mickey's mom has been committed to a hospital for drug rehab. Rachel's mother HAD been in a mental hospital, but Rachel managed to bring her home, because she believed her father had her mother committed to get her out of the way so he could marry someone else. I am not doing the book justice. It is a fast, exciting page tuner,  and one that boys will enjoy and girls may also.