Background
David J. Bell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended Saint Catharine of Siena grade school and graduated from Saint Xavier High School in 1988.
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The Hiding Place
(Twenty-five years after a child's murder shocks a small O...)
Twenty-five years after a child's murder shocks a small Ohio town, new evidence forces everyone to question what they believe in this tense thriller from the bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl. Janet Manning has been haunted by the murder since the day she lost sight of her four-year-old brother in the park. Now, with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Justin’s death looming, a detective and a newspaper reporter have started to ask questions, opening old wounds and raising new suspicions. Could the man convicted of the murder—who spent more than two decades in prison—really be innocent? Janet’s childhood friend and high school crush, who was in the park with her that day, has returned to Dove Point, where he is wrestling with his own conflicted memories of the events. And a strange man appears at Janet’s door in the middle of the night, claiming to know the truth. Soon, years of deceit will be swept away, and the truth about what happened to Janet’s brother will be revealed. And the answers that Janet has sought may be found much closer to home than she ever could have imagined.
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Never Come Back by David Bell (2013-10-01)
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The Girl in the Woods
(When Diana Greene leaves her hometown for a new life, she...)
When Diana Greene leaves her hometown for a new life, she thinks she has left the past behind: her sister's disappearance, her mother's illness, and the visions Diana used to see...a clearing in the woods...a moonlit night...and human bones buried in the ground. And her past remains dormant until the day a mysterious woman appears on Diana's doorstep, promising Diana something she can't resist. "If you help me find my missing daughter, I'll tell you what happened to your sister." Soon Diana is digging into the past, uncovering secrets the town has long since buried, secrets that the powerful wish would stay hidden. But when another girl disappears and the visions return to Diana with a vengeance, she knows she is on the brink of solving more than just a few missing person's cases. She is on the brink of discovering the dark and violent covenant that the town itself was founded upon.
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Never Come Back
(When her mother is murdered, a woman is propelled into a ...)
When her mother is murdered, a woman is propelled into a twisted world of danger and double lives in this gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl. Leslie Hampton always cared for her troubled son Ronnie’s special needs and assumed that her daughter Elizabeth would take him in when the time came. When Leslie dies unexpectedly, Elizabeth is consumed by grief. Then police discover that Leslie was strangled, and they immediately suspect that one of Ronnie’s outbursts took a tragic turn. Elizabeth can’t believe that her brother is capable of murder, but who else could have had a motive to kill their quiet, retired mother? More questions arise when a stranger is named in Leslie’s will: a woman also named Elizabeth. As the family’s secrets unravel, a man from Leslie’s past who claims to have all the answers shows up, but those answers might put Elizabeth and those she loves the most in mortal danger.
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Somebody I Used to Know
(The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemeter...)
The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl, “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time” (Suspense Magazine) delivers a pulse-pounding thriller about a man who is haunted by a face from his past... When Nick Hansen sees the young woman at the grocery store, his heart stops. She is the spitting image of his college girlfriend, Marissa Minor, who died in a campus house fire twenty years earlier. But when Nick tries to speak to her, she acts skittish and rushes off. The next morning the police arrive at Nick’s house and show him a photo of the woman from the store. She’s been found dead, murdered in a local motel, with Nick’s name and address on a piece of paper in her pocket. Convinced there's a connection between the two women, Nick enlists the help of his college friend Laurel Davidson to investigate the events leading up to the night of Marissa’s death. But the young woman’s murder is only the beginning...and the truths Nick uncovers may make him wish he never doubted the lies.
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The Forgotten Girl
( The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemet...)
The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemetery Girl presents a twist filled thriller about a troubled family whose secrets should be taken to the grave... The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers’s door in the form of his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all contact with her family as her life spiraled out of control. Now she’s clean and sober but in need of a desperate favor—she asks Jason and his wife to take care of her teenage daughter for forty-eight hours while she handles some business in town. But Hayden never returns. And her disappearance brings up more unresolved problems from Jason’s past, including the abrupt departure of his best friend on their high school graduation night twenty-seven years earlier. When a body is discovered in the woods, the mysteries of his sister’s life—and possible death—deepen. And one by one these events will shatter every expectation Jason has ever had about families, about the awful truths that bind them.
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Cemetery Girl by David Bell (2011-10-04)
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Cemetery Girl
(A missing child is every parent's nightmare. What comes n...)
A missing child is every parent's nightmare. What comes next is even worse in this riveting thriller from the bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Somebody I Used to Know. Tom and Abby Stuart had everything: a perfect marriage, successful careers, and a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter, Caitlin. Then one day she vanished without a trace. For a while they grasped at every false hope and followed every empty lead, but the tragedy ended up changing their lives, overwhelming them with guilt and dread, and shattering their marriage. Four years later, Caitlin is found alive—dirty and disheveled, yet preternaturally calm. She won’t discuss where she was or what happened. And when the police arrest a suspect connected to the disappearance, Caitlin refuses to testify, leaving the Stuarts with a choice: Let the man who may be responsible for destroying their lives walk away, or take matters into their own hands. And when Tom decides to try to uncover the truth for himself, he finds that nothing that has happened yet can prepare him for what he is about to discover.
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Somebody I Used to Know Paperback - July 7, 2015
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The Forgotten Girl by David Bell (2014-10-07)
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Never Come Back Paperback - October 1, 2013
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The Condemned
(The world is at war.the city is dying.and those left for ...)
The world is at war.the city is dying.and those left for dead within its walls have awakened. A terrorist attack on the water supply has left the city quarantined by the army and inhabited by the City People, the mindless living dead who rule the urban night. Plagued by nightmares and wracked with guilt for having left his best friend behind, Jett returns to work, hoping to provide for his family. But his new partner, a wounded veteran known only as The Kid, won't let Jett forget that his best friend might not be entirely dead. As their city raids grow bloodier, Jett finds himself increasingly under the mysterious influence of his new partner. And just as his murderous rage for the City People grows nearly out of control, he realizes things may not be exactly as they appear. The night, and those who control it-the City People-hold many secrets. Secrets that might just set Jett free.or destroy him and everything he holds dear.
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David Bell
Edit ProfileEducation
In creative writing from Miami University of Ohio, and his Doctor of Philosophy in American literature and creative writing from University of Cincinnati.
Career
Bell earned his Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University Bloomington, his Master of Arts Bell began publishing stories in 2002. His early work appeared in numerous journals including Cemetery Dance, Western Humanities Review, and Backwards City Review. His first two novels— and —were released in hardcover and trade paperback by Delirium.
Bell edited an anthology of short fiction called Commutability: Stories about the Journey from Here to There (2010), which was published by Main Street Rag and includes work by a group of diverse writers including Editor Gorman, Thomas F. Monteleone, Faye Moskowitz, and Sandra Scofield.
Publisher’s Weekly called Cemetery Girl "disquieting and suspenseful" and Suspense Magazine called it "brilliantly engaging, and a must-read for thriller fans." The Hiding Place was released by New American Library in October 2012 Never Come Back was published in October 2013 by New American Library., and The Forgotten Girl in October 2014. In addition to his career as a novelist, Bell is an Associate Professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
He has previously taught at Miami University in Ohio and Saint Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Nashville filmmaker James Weems shot a short film called “Caitlin’s Story” that serves as the book trailer for Bell’s Cemetery Girl.
Works
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Somebody I Used to Know
(The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemeter...)
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The Hiding Place
(Twenty-five years after a child's murder shocks a small O...)
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Never Come Back
(When her mother is murdered, a woman is propelled into a ...)
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The Girl in the Woods
(When Diana Greene leaves her hometown for a new life, she...)
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The Forgotten Girl
( The bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Cemet...)
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Cemetery Girl
(A missing child is every parent's nightmare. What comes n...)
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The Condemned
(The world is at war.the city is dying.and those left for ...)
- Never Come Back by David Bell (2013-10-01)
- Cemetery Girl by David Bell (2011-10-04)
- Somebody I Used to Know Paperback - July 7, 2015
- The Forgotten Girl by David Bell (2014-10-07)
- Never Come Back Paperback - October 1, 2013
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Somebody I Used to Know
Membership
Bell’s next novel, Cemetery Girl (2011), was released by New American Library, a Member of Penguin Group United States of America in 2011.
