Cemetery Girl, David Bell
Cemetery Girl, David Bell
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Cemetery Girl

Author: David Bell

Narrator: Fred Lehne

Unabridged: 8 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/04/2011

Synopsis

Unabridged, 10 hoursRead by Fred Lehne.The new thriller that's "a winner on every level." -Will Lavender, New York Times-bestselling author of Obedience.

About The Author

David Bell is a bestselling and award-winning author whose work has been translated into multiple foreign languages. He’s currently an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he directs the MFA program. He received an MA in creative writing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and a PhD in American literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati. His novels include Bring Her Home, Since She Went Away, Somebody I Used to Know, The Forgotten Girl, Never Come Back, The Hiding Place, and Cemetery Girl.Fred Lehne is a character actor who has performed in more than 200 movies and television shows, including Lost, American Horror Story, The X-Files, and Supernatural. He has collaborated with such directors as Kathryn Bigelow and Christopher Nolan, and has been seen several times on Broadway since his debut at 21 in Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cynthia on December 16, 2011

At first I really like this book--the story clipped along at a good pace, but not too fast. The idea of the missing child returning home, changed and unwilling to discuss what happened seemed so good. There was so much that could have been done with it. Sadly, in the end it just came off as a creepy......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on November 15, 2013

This is the first review I've written on here, but i felt some of the reviews of this book were unfair, so I felt compelled. Some people gave this book a bad rating because, "None of the characters were likable." I guess that's what makes people different, because that's exactly why I enjoyed this b......more

Goodreads review by Molly on September 18, 2011

I love a book that I cannot put down, and I could not put down Cemetery Girl. But this novel wasn't only a page turner; it was also a story that let me feel deeply connected to the characters, especially Tom, the father who so desperately wants to re-connect with his sixteen-year-old daughter, a los......more

Goodreads review by Jenelle on May 22, 2012

This book captured me at the book store by the cover and the premise, and it's definitely in my genre, maybe an edgier Jodi Picoult with the family dynamics and missing girl plot. I would say I liked a lot of the book, and I am just shy enough of 4 stars to have to give it three because, as others h......more

Goodreads review by Lee on February 19, 2018

I'm torn regarding this book. It is a page turner, a very fast 389 pages that I finished in one sitting. The novel earned stellar reviews, was even whispered as a potential nominee for a Pulitzer for fiction and the author, an English professor at Western Kentucky University has real credentials. De......more

Quotes

Praise for Cemetery Girl

“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.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author John Lescroart

“An utterly compelling thriller...an absolutely riveting, absorbing read not to be missed.”—New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger

“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.”—New York Times bestselling author Will Lavender

“Cemetery Girl is a smasher. It twists and turns and never lets go.”—New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard

“A tense and terrifying journey that brims with emotional authenticity. Bell manages not only to build suspense effectively but also tell a story that goes way beyond simple thrills.”—Booklist

“Disturbing, brilliantly engaging, and a must read for thriller fans.”—Suspense Magazine

More Praise for David Bell and His Novels

“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 

“Taut, intelligent, and intense suspense that is deeply human.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Greaney 

“Bell is a brilliant craftsman as well as storyteller.”—The Providence Journal

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