
David Bell
3 SeriesDavid Bell is a USA Today bestselling author of suspense novels, whose work has been translated into numerous languages. In 2013, he received the Prix Polar International de Cognac for best crime novel by an international author. He is also an associate professor of English and directs the MFA program in creative writing at Western Kentucky University.
In David Bell's standalone novel, "The Girl in the Woods," Diana Greene attempts to escape her troubled past—her sister's disappearance, her mother's illness, and haunting visions of a moonlit clearing with buried human bones. Her past resurfaces when a mysterious woman offers to reveal her sister's fate if Diana helps find the woman's missing daughter. As Diana delves into the town's secrets, another girl vanishes, and her visions intensify. Uncovering the town's buried truths, Diana edges closer to solving multiple missing persons cases. Her investigation leads her to the dark, violent foundation upon which the town was built.