David Bell

Listen to "David Bell Releases Layover" on Spreaker. Since his debut novel CEMETERY GIRL publiAshed in 2011, David Bell has become one of the most revered and well-received thrillers authors in recent memory, not only by his readers, but by reviewers and his peers as well. Each of his novels has showcased David’s ability to craft some of the smartest, most gripping novels that have drawn comparisons to those of Jeffery Deaver, Harlan Coben, and Lisa Gardner, including SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER and BRING HER HOME. His writing has been called “moody” (New York Times Book Review) and “realistic” (The Washington Post), and David has been praised for having “redefined, or even reinvented, the postmodern gothic tale” (The Providence Journal). David’s previous books have hit the USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and other national bestseller lists and his 2018 novel, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER, was chosen by librarians nationwide as a LibraryReads selection. And now with LAYOVER (Berkley; on-sale: July 2, 2019), Bell again proves why Suspense Magazine has called him “one of the brightest and best crime fiction writers of our time.” Another edge-of-your-seat thriller, LAYOVER, surprisingly, opens in a mundane fashion: a titular pit stop at the Atlanta airport. In it, Joshua Fields is a commercial real estate developer whose job is a whirlwind of meetings, hotels, TSA lines, boarding passes, and, of course, layovers. However, when he picks up a dropped cell phone from a beautiful woman, it’s like the beginning of a love story. Joshua asks Morgan for a drink at the airport and feels an immediate, if almost unbelievable, connection. Over drinks, the two share vague, if engaging conversation, until suddenly, Morgan kisses Joshua passionately, and says “I’m sorry. But we’re never going to see each other again.” Joshua is taken aback, his mind a whirlwind of what just happened. When Morgan disappears into the crowd, Joshua is shocked to see her face on a nearby TV. The reason: Morgan is a missing person. Desperate to find answers and perhaps against his better judgment, Joshua decides to find out what Morgan’s true story is. However, what he finds is a tangled knot of deception, lies, and secrets that put him in the path of danger. David’s inspiration for the story is one that many people, particularly some authors, can relate to. He said: “A couple of years ago I was in the Nashville airport, waiting for a flight, and I saw a man and a woman having an intense conversation in the airport bar. Suddenly, the woman stood up, kissed the man passionately, and then left for a gate. I assumed they were a couple who had known each other for a long time, but then I overheard the man tell the bartender that he’d just met the woman in the airport that day. I knew there was a story there.”