Shelter Half Author:Carol Bly A young woman's body lay undisturbed for a week in mid-November. — So begins Shelter Half, a novel about a few people in a northern Minnesota town. Some of them - the town cop, the doctor, and a young couple in love - are smart enough to recognize cruelty that comes at them from huge organizations far outside the town limits... more ». They are not chicken. They don't duck. If their nation and their world look grisly, they still do what they can for love and justice. They look out for one another. In the end, a retired US Brigadier General brings them a surprise about one of their best-loved townspeople.« less