Reviews
Praise for The Hiding Place "An artfully constructed tale that charts the devastating, life-changing effects over twenty-five years on the people most affected by the murder of a four-year-old boy....a powerful, provocative novel."-- Publishers Weekly "David Bell does a masterful job of crafting a crime story, with the guilty and innocent existing next to each other, whether they realize it or not. He has also created a tense drama of emotions and relationships. It is a riveting book with surprising but believable twists on every page."-- Suspense Magazine "A gem of a book....Bell has written another winning thriller that is certain to entertain, frighten and swiftly climb bestseller lists."-- Bowling Green Daily News More Praise for David Bell "One of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time."-- Suspense Magazine "A natural storyteller and a superb writer."--#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nelson DeMille "David Bell writes spellbinding and gripping thrillers that get under your skin and refuse to let go."-- New York Times Bestselling Author Linwood Barclay, "[Bell] writes with a clarity of both vision and purpose; and his characters are eerily familiar because they are just like you and me."-Thomas F. Monteleone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Fearful Symmetries Praise for Cemetery Girl " Cemetery Girl is a smasher. It twists and turns and never lets go, and...it could happen just this way." -Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End " Cemetery Girl is more than just an utterly compelling thriller-and it certainly is that. David Bell's stellar novel is also a haunting meditation on the ties that bind parent to child, husband to wife, brother to brother-and what survives even under the most shattering possible circumstance. An absolutely riveting, absorbing read not to be missed." -Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Darkness, My Old Friend "Trust me: you have never read a missing persons story like this one....A fast, mean head trip of a thriller that reads like a collaboration between Michael Connelly and the gothic fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, Cemetery Girl is one of those novels that you cannot shake after it's over. A winner on every level." -Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance " Cemetery Girl grabbed me by the throat on page one and never let up. An intense, unrelenting powerhouse of a book, and the work of a master." -John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage "A smart, tense, creepy take on the story of a missing daughter, told by her far-from-perfect father. If you think you know this tale-from all- too-familiar newspaper accounts, from lesser movies and books--then this terrific novel will make you think otherwise." -Brock Clarke, national bestselling author of Exley and An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, "[Bell] writes with a clarity of both vision and purpose; and his characters are eerily familiar because they are just like you and me."--Thomas F. Monteleone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Fearful Symmetries Praise for Cemetery Girl " Cemetery Girl is a smasher. It twists and turns and never lets go, and...it could happen just this way." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End " Cemetery Girl is more than just an utterly compelling thriller--and it certainly is that. David Bell's stellar novel is also a haunting meditation on the ties that bind parent to child, husband to wife, brother to brother--and what survives even under the most shattering possible circumstance. An absolutely riveting, absorbing read not to be missed." --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Darkness, My Old Friend "Trust me: you have never read a missing persons story like this one....A fast, mean head trip of a thriller that reads like a collaboration between Michael Connelly and the gothic fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, Cemetery Girl is one of those novels that you cannot shake after it's over. A winner on every level." --Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance " Cemetery Girl grabbed me by the throat on page one and never let up. An intense, unrelenting powerhouse of a book, and the work of a master." --John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage "A smart, tense, creepy take on the story of a missing daughter, told by her far-from-perfect father. If you think you know this tale--from all- too-familiar newspaper accounts, from lesser movies and books--then this terrific novel will make you think otherwise." --Brock Clarke, national bestselling author of Exley and An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, "[Bell] writes with a clarity of both vision and purpose; and his characters are eerily familiar because they are just like you and me."--Thomas F. Monteleone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Fearful Symmetries Praise for Cemetery Girl " Cemetery Girl is a smasher. It twists and turns and never lets go, and...it could happen just this way." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End " Cemetery Girl is more than just an utterly compelling thriller--and it certainly is that. David Bell's stellar novel is also a haunting meditation on the ties that bind parent to child, husband to wife, brother to brother--and what survives even under the most shattering possible circumstance. An absolutely riveting, absorbing read not to be missed." --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Darkness, My Old Friend "Trust me: you have never read a missing persons story like this one....A fast, mean head trip of a thriller that reads like a collaboration between Michael Connelly and the gothic fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, Cemetery Girl is one of those novels that you cannot shake after it's over. A winner on every level." --Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance " Cemetery Girl grabbed me by the throat on page one and never let up. An intense, unrelenting powerhouse of a book, and the work of a master." --John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage "A smart, tense, creepy take on the story of a missing daughter, told by her far-from-perfect father. If you think you know this tale--from all- too-familiar newspaper accounts, from lesser movies and books--then this terrific novel will make you think otherwise." --Brock Clarke, national bestselling author of Exley and An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England, "[Bell] writes with a clarity of both vision and purpose; and his characters are eerily familiar because they are just like you and me."--Thomas F. Monteleone, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Fearful Symmetries Praise for Cemetery Girl " Cemetery Girl is a smasher. It twists and turns and never lets go, and...it could happen just this way." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End " Cemetery Girl is more than just an utterly compelling thriller--and it certainly is that. David Bell's stellar novel is also a haunting meditation on the ties that bind parent to child, husband to wife, brother to brother--and what survives even under the most shattering possible circumstance. An absolutely riveting, absorbing read not to be missed." --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Darkness, My Old Friend "Trust me: you have never read a missing persons story like this one....A fast, mean head trip of a thriller that reads like a collaboration between Michael Connelly and the gothic fiction of Joyce Carol Oates, Cemetery Girl is one of those novels that you cannot shake after it's over. A winner on every level." --Will Lavender, New York Times bestselling author of Dominance " Cemetery Girl grabbed me by the throat on page one and never let up. An intense, unrelenting powerhouse of a book, and the work of a master." --John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage "A smart, tense, creepy take on the story of a missing daughter, told by her far-from-perfect father. If you think you know this tale--from all- too-familiar newspaper accounts, from lesser movies and books--then this terrific novel will make you think otherwise." --Brock Clarke, national bestselling author of Exley and An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England