Book description
In Cemetery Girl, David Bell's gripping psychological
thriller, a father tries to uncover the secrets of his daughter's
inexplicable disappearance.
Tom and Abby Stuart had everything: a perfect marriage, successful
careers, and a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter, Caitlin. Then one
day Caitlin 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. Then the police arrest a suspect connected to her
disappearance, but
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.
David Bell's Cemetery Girl will have readers biting their
nails, and will accompany his new novel The Hiding Place. A
real treat for all fans of Kate Atkinson, Dennis Lehane and Heather
Gudenkauf.
Praise for David Bell:
'Reads like a collaboration between Michael Connelly and the
gothic fiction of Joyce Carol Oates . . . A winner on every level.'
Will Lavender
'Cemetery Girl grabbed me by the throat on page one and
never let up. . . the work of a master.' John Lescroart
'A haunting meditation on the ties that bind parent to
child, husband to wife, brother to brother. An absolutely riveting,
absorbing read not to be missed.' Lisa Unger
David Bell is an assistant professor of English at
Western Kentucky University. He received an M. A. in creative writing
from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a Ph. D. in American
Literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati.
Cemetery Girl was David Bell's first novel.
