Bring Her Home by David Bell
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Publication Date: July 11, 2017
Date Read: July 6, 2017
Length: 464 pages
Source: NetGalley
★★★★☆
In the breathtaking new thriller from David Bell, bestselling author of Since She Went Away and Somebody I Used to Know, the fate of two missing teenage girls becomes a father’s worst nightmare….
Just a year and a half after the tragic death of his wife, Bill Price’s fifteen-year-old daughter, Summer, and her best friend, Haley, disappear. Days later, the girls are found in a city park. Haley is dead at the scene, while Summer is left beaten beyond recognition and clinging to life.
As Bill holds vigil over Summer’s bandaged body, the only sound the unconscious girl can make is one cryptic and chilling word: No. And the more time Bill spends with Summer, the more he wonders what happened to her. Or if the injured girl in the hospital bed is really his daughter at all.
When troubling new questions about Summer’s life surface, Bill is not prepared for the aftershocks. He’ll soon discover that both the living and the dead have secrets. And that searching for the truth will tear open old wounds that pierce straight to the heart of his family…
I found this to be a rather enjoyable read. After really enjoying Somebody I Used to Know and Since She Went Away, I jumped at the chance to read David Bell’s newest release. I do have to say that I didn’t enjoy this book quite as much as the others that I have read but I still found it to be a solid story. I liked the format of the book with short chapters that seemed to move really fast. I found myself wanting to read this for hours at a time just to see what was going to happen next.
This book is told from Bill’s point of view. I can’t say that I ever really liked Bill all that much but I did understand why he acted as he did. Bill is still grieving the sudden loss of his wife a year and a half ago. As this book opens, Bill is called to the hospital to be with his daughter, Summer, who has just been found after being gone for several days. The girl she disappeared with is dead and Summer has a long recovery ahead of her.
This is a book that I think readers will enjoy more if they go in as blindly as possible so I am not going to go any deeper into the plot. I did find some of the twists in this book to be rather predictable. As soon as one big twist was revealed, I found that I had a pretty good idea about what would happen next. The second half of the book wasn’t as predictable for me and I found myself reading at a much faster pace.
I would recommend this book to fans of mystery thrillers. It is a very well done novel with a whole lot to the story. I can’t wait to see what David Bell comes up with next.
I received an advance reader edition of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley.
About the AuthorDavid Bell is the bestselling and award-winning author of Since She Went Away, Somebody I Used to Know, The Forgotten Girl, Never Come Back, The Hiding Place, and Cemetery Girl. He’s an associate professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he directs the MFA program.
I was curious about this one so I'm glad to get your thoughts on it, Carole.
OMG! This one sounds like something I would totally enjoy. Great review Carole 🙂
I am def going into this blindly. I had yet to read his other stuff, but this one def looks interesting
Oooh, sounds like a book chock full of secrets which is exactly my kind of book!
I have started to enjoy mystery thrillers
I could've sworn I read one of his books, but I guess not. Maybe I should fix that.
Well that sounds pretty good. And that it was a good book even though you weren't totally enamored with the hero? Impressive.
I hadn't heard about this book before now, but WOW! That is one heck of a blurb. I am so glad it was worth the read.
Great review!
I can't wait to read this one.