Kill All Your Darlings

Praise for KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS

"With hints of Patricia Highsmith s The Talented Mr. Ripley, this is a riveting thriller."--Palm Beach Daily News

"[A] brisk suspense novel....Fans of Jean Hanff Korelitz s The Plot may want to check this one out."--Publishers Weekly

"Grabs you by the throat and never lets go. Kill All Your Darlings will keep you reading late into the night with a twist you ll never see coming. --Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

"Sounds like Wonder Boys times Patricia Highsmith. Yes please!"--Crime Reads

A dark, twisty journey through the labyrinth of academia. This book has everything a missing girl, a murder, a book-within-a-book and so much more! One of David Bell s most unique and engrossing novels.  
--Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife  

"This is the best thriller set within the insular world of academia since Robert Ludlum s The Matlock Paper and Donna Tartt s The Secret History. Kill All Your Darlings is psychological suspense of the highest order, a morally ambiguous, twist-laden tale that shines a light on the darkness that lurks inside all of us.
--Providence Journal

Masterful...combining a well-paced thriller with hints of the writing process and the seedy underbelly of sexual harassment on college campuses .entertaining and captivating in equal measure .dealing with some real-life issues in academia, student rights, and the pressures of college campuses. Mystery and Suspense Magazine

[A] thrilling, twisty novel with a great story and well-written characters. [Bell] always tops what he s done previously (and I love his previous novels). It starts off strong and never lets up. A great Summer read. Red Carpet Crash 

"An exceptionally gripping, lightning paced, deviously plotted thriller. David Bell is a mad genius. I could not put this book down.  
--Michele Campbell, internationally bestselling author of It s Always the Husband
 
"Only the diabolical mind of the talented storyteller David Bell could concoct this mind-bendingly twisty thriller! He manages to brilliantly weaponize college, students, teachers, tenure--and even the writing of novels. Smart, audacious and completely original." 
--Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie  
 
"This compelling thriller about a professor, a student, and a stolen manuscript that closely mirrors a real-life murder will keep readers guessing until the very last page. Kill All Your Darlings is storytelling at its very best!"--Wendy Walker, bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten

Compulsively readable and jam-packed with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster, KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS is first-rate literary entertainment. Suspenseful and surprising, I didn t want it to end. --Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Boogeyman

Praise for the Novels of David Bell

"David Bell is a top-notch storyteller....I flew through this twisting, riveting psychological thriller." Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us

"A terrifically tense thriller with a femme fatale who will keep you guessing until the very end." Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark
 
"[A] suspenseful page-turning thriller." Hello Giggles

A whirlwind story about secrets, regrets, and sacrifice....a deliciously infectious thriller. Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife

"A compulsive, twisty, race-against-the-clock thriller...[a] smart and unrelenting page-turner!" Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hunter

"A tautly told, heart-pounding read...a page-turning whodunit where every character's a suspect and no one can be trusted." Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl

"[A] taut gem...a tale straight out of the psychological thriller territory blazed by the likes of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner." Providence Journal