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The Hiding Place

by David J. Bell (Goodreads Author)

3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 · rating details · 573 ratings · 106 reviews

Sometimes it’s easier to believe a lie.

Twenty-five-years ago, the disappearance of four-year-old Justin Manning rocked the small town of Dove Point, Ohio. After his body was found in a shallow grave in the woods two months later, the repercussions were felt for years.…Janet Manning has been haunted by the murder since the day she lost sight of her brother in the park. Now...more

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Published October 2nd 2012 by NAL Trade

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Oct 24, 2012 Betsy rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Hiding Place by David Bell was an engrossing tale with many unique plot twists that kept my interest even during a stressed out - got too much work to do - state This book was a GoodReads give-away, but I still highly reccommend this book to anyone who likes police-procedurals and family-drama type mysteries. This is worth your while to read and wonder about as you ask what appears to be obvious questions. Why would you let your seven year old baby-sit her four year old brother?
What would...more The Hiding Place by David Bell was an engrossing tale with many unique plot twists that kept my interest even during a stressed out - got too much work to do - state This book was a GoodReads give-away, but I still highly reccommend this book to anyone who likes police-procedurals and family-drama type mysteries. This is worth your while to read and wonder about as you ask what appears to be obvious questions. Why would you let your seven year old baby-sit her four year old brother?
What would you do if your four year old brother,under your care at the near-by local park, was murdered and found buried in a nearby woods? As a seven year old your remaining memories are hazy and incomplete. Worse yet, what would you do, if twenty-five years later, the supposed murderer, having served his time, was set free,and a man claiming to be your brother showed up on your front porch? What would you do if the sources of information available to you were, either intentionally or not,non-communitative?
The heroine of this story, Janet Manning finds herself in this position, looking for answers of that long ago day when her younger brother Justin went missing.Her mother,after the announced death of her brother becomes depressed and ill and passes away before her expected time.Her father has became embittered and aloof.Her best friend Michael,also seven at the time, and the one person Janet remembers as being at the park,has become distant and estranged from his family.The investigative policeman returns on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the alledged murderers' conviction,with doubts and questions of his own to investigate. Unknown to Janet,her daughter, Ashleigh, has over-heard the conversation on the porch of the man who implies that he is the long lost Uncle Justin. Ashleigh also has questions she wants answered. The answers are complex,and believable once the plot twists are revealed. The unxpected and heart-breaking plot makes this story well worth reading.
David Bell was a new author to me. This is his second novel after Cemetary Girl. The reviews for this novel mentioned how engrossing the story line was to the reader.I would say this was also true of The Hiding Place as well. I admired Bell's straight forward narrative and believed it was well suited for the genre of the police procedural. But I kept looking for the perfect turn of phraze to describe either the characters or the characters' feelings. I noticed one that struck my fancy and marked it for later reference. I wanted more. When I pick up the next book of David Bell's, and I will, I will read the plot summary and decide to buy the next book.For this writer,plot line is all. And if he nails the next book as he did this one,it will be one good read.(less)

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Mar 28, 2013 Gloria Feit rated it 4 of 5 stars

David Bell introduces the reader to the family of Justin Manning, a boy who was murdered twenty-five years ago, when he was only four years old, his body found six weeks after he had disappeared, buried in a shallow grave in the woods near a playground. His sister, Janet Manning, who, at the age of seven, had been entrusted for the first time with the care of her brother in the park where he had been playing, compounded by her mother’s death a few years later from (as they said) a broken heart,...more David Bell introduces the reader to the family of Justin Manning, a boy who was murdered twenty-five years ago, when he was only four years old, his body found six weeks after he had disappeared, buried in a shallow grave in the woods near a playground. His sister, Janet Manning, who, at the age of seven, had been entrusted for the first time with the care of her brother in the park where he had been playing, compounded by her mother’s death a few years later from (as they said) a broken heart, has been plagued with guilt for all the intervening years.

The anniversary of the boy’s disappearance brings it all back to the forefront of the consciousness of the small town of Dove Point, Ohio. Discrepancies in various accounts of the day of Justin’s disappearance come to light in the aftermath of the front-page newspaper article commemorating the murder, and for the first time questions arise about the guilt of Dante Rogers, a black youth seventeen years old and living, literally, on the other side of the tracks at the time of his arrest. Convicted by an all-white jury, he had been paroled three years ago after serving 22 years in prison.

The novel explores the relationships among the Manning family members: Janet, in her early thirties, office manager for the dean of the local college and the single mother of fifteen-year-old Ashleigh, and Janet’s dad, 62 years old and unemployed for the last two years, Janet and her daughter living with Janet’s dad to assist with finances. Janet is determined to get to the truth of her brother’s death, with the assistance of one of the cops who originally investigated the crime, leading to the exposure of long-buried secrets and one unexpected, and shocking, turn of events after another.

The author has crafted a well-written, intriguing tale, exploring as it does the part played by memory, trauma, and the relationships among and between family, friends, and others whose lives one may only tangentially touch, but to great and long-lasting effect. A gripping, fast-paced novel, and one which is recommended.
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Twenty-five years ago, Janet Manning’s four-year-old brother disappeared. His body was found some weeks later in the woods not far from the family home. Now, all these years later, a mysterious man has appeared on Janet’s doorstep in the night, claiming to know the truth about her brother’s death. The man disappears and Janet tries to put it out of her mind, but her teenage daughter has overheard the conversation and begins an investigation of her own.

The memories of that day in the past, when J...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Maggie61 rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Imagine yourself when you are 7 and at the park with your 4 year old brother. You have never been sent alone before, the park isn't far away. Your friend Michael, wants to show you something, you lose sight of your little brother and he disappears. Two months later, his body is recovered in a shallow grave in the woods by the park.I really liked this book, the plot had me from the very beginning. As time went by, the man who went to prison for 22 years is released, your friend Michael has some r...more Imagine yourself when you are 7 and at the park with your 4 year old brother. You have never been sent alone before, the park isn't far away. Your friend Michael, wants to show you something, you lose sight of your little brother and he disappears. Two months later, his body is recovered in a shallow grave in the woods by the park.I really liked this book, the plot had me from the very beginning. As time went by, the man who went to prison for 22 years is released, your friend Michael has some repressed memories and a strange man comes to her several times claiming the murder was not as everyone thought. And was that really Justin in that grave?

The whole original case was based on witness accounts of those 7 year old children and no one looked any deeper. As the story continues, it is slowly revealed how badly the case was handled. There was so much else never looked into, other witness accounts not revealed, people hid what they knew and the wrong man spent 22 years in jail.

There's so much character study here, everyone seems to deal with guilt and what that guilt has done over the years. The family spent their whole lives under the cloud of Justin's murder. Janet, who left her brother alone, and although she was only 7 at the time, she feels guilt that her eye witness account put Dante in jail, when it was unclear what happened. Michael has guilt with his remembered account pretty much the same as Janet's until those repressed memories start to surface and he really knew so much more. The high school nature walker lived for 22 years with his guilt of not coming forward. The detective that investigated the case and put the wrong man away has his share as well. Janet's father knew so much more than he revealed and the only person who didn't seem to harbour much guilt was Ray. And there's so much more to that part of the story. Dante, had guilt, but not for what he went to prison for. Instead of being bitter, he looked at the prison time as a good thing as he found God, became a better person. He showed way more grace and forgiveness than the priest who employed him. Michael and Janet's relationship is complex. She has always been in love with him, he doesn't have a lot of depth and floats in and out of her life. While we see Michael for what he is, Janet doesn't and every scrap he gives her, she accepts. Janet and her father don't have much of a relationship, she and her daughter have moved in after he has lost his job, seems more like it was from sense of duty not because of any close feelings she has for her father. Everyone's whole life has been scarred by Justin's murder, some seem incapable of being able to sustain real relationships.

When the crime was solved and there was still about 70 pages left in the book, I had to wonder what more was to come. There were still some loose ends and a good twist.

A fantastic mystery/thriller read. Am looking forward to reading "cemetary girl" as well.

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Nov 26, 2012 Once Upon rated it 4 of 5 stars

On the 25th anniversary of an event that shook the roots of a small town named Dove Point, was again brought forward by new inquiries. Memories and feelings started to flow differently, to reopen a wound that will maybe be put to rest after the new discoveries.
For the first time, seven year old Janet was allowed to go to the park by herself and watch over her 4 year old brother. She could not wait to tell her best friend once he showed up at the park. It took just one moment of loosing sight of...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars

David Bell has created a masterful tale, full of twists and turns.
When Janet was 7, 25 years ago, her little brother was found dead in the woods. What's worse is that the was supposed to be watching him. Her mother died several years later, they say from grief. Her father Bill, becomes distant.
Now Janet is raising her own spirited child, 15 year old Ashleigh and they're back living with Bill. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the murder, there's renewed interest in the murder and rumblings t...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Lenore A. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Twenty-five years ago, Janet Manning was seven years old and Justin Manning four. Being a big sister, Janet had the responsibility, for the first time, to go to the park with Justin and to keep an eye on him. Not a big task after all but when Michael, Janet friend and crush appear, she had forgotten all about her little brother and just like that, in a blink of an eye, Justin had disappeared and was found dead later.
Some black guy with pedophile behavior was seen playing with Justin earlier and...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Jeanbooknerd rated it 5 of 5 stars

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David Bell’s highly engrossing novel, The Hiding Place, tells the story of the disappearance and murder of four-year-old Justin Manning and how it affected the small town of Dove Point, Ohio. Readers are introduced to his sister, Janet, who along with friends was the last one to see Justin alive. After almost twenty-five years later, a newspaper reporter and detected are digging into the case that is nurturing new doubts and could prove the man convicted for the murder innocent. Plenty of twists...more

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Nov 02, 2012 LORI CASWELL rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012

Four year old Justin Manning disappeared twenty five years ago from a neighborhood park where he and his sister were playing. It was the first time they went to the park alone. Their mother thought there would be plenty of adults there to watch them and she had to have an important discussion with her husband. Justin's body was found two months later in a shallow grave in the woods. But was it really his body?

As the 25th anniversary approaches and the man accused of his murder is granted parole,...more

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Apr 05, 2013 Gerd rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Unlike Bell's Cemetery Girl his The Hiding Place was a slow book for me, it did not really pick up before short of two-hundred pages in. This said, I have also to say that The Hiding Place is a much stronger, much better executed novel. Bell uses similar themes here: Loss, guilt and family - and to a much lesser extent sexualised violence (thanks to God, because frankly I feel that he lacks in that department; he's trying to hard to let his readers get off easy, which with this particular topic...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Kathleen rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Hiding Place by David Bell
Twenty-five years ago Janet Manning's four year old brother disappeared. His body was found some weeks later in a woods not far from the family home. Now, all these years later, a mysterious man has appeared on Janet's doorstep in the night, claiming to know the truth about her brother's death. The man disappears, and Janet tries to put it out of her mind, but her teenage daughter has overheard the conversation, and begins an investigation of her own.
The memories of...more

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Oct 14, 2012 Corelia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, first-reads, reviewed, owned-books

I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads giveaway.

The Hiding Place is a compelling mystery novel revolving around the lives of two families and a detective with close ties to the murder of a young boy 25 years ago. However, the anniversary of the death turns out to be mean much more than anyone bargained for. There are hidden secrets abound and once revealed, no one's life will ever be the same...

The first hundred or so pages read slowly, while the reader is given the background informati...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Diana Leigh rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense-thriller, mystery

Rating: 4½-stars

THE HIDING PLACE is another amazing book going on my 2012 favorites list. It's a haunting story of a terrible crime, and the family secrets and lies surrounding it that finally surface over two decades later.

A young boy was murdered, his accused killer sent to prison. But on the 25th anniversary of the crime, there's a renewed interest in the case. The victim's sister and one of the detectives who investigated the murder are having doubts the right man was convicted.

Through his c...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Lama Zakzak rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love the way in which this book is written. It's really absorbing. What I like the most is the way it leads you to predict that something is going to happen and you start to anticipate it at any minute. The tension starts to build up but then it collapses and the storyline twists leaving you yet with another clue for another twist of event.

I like books that have little description of the settings but more action and dialogues and this book is definitely one of them.

But sometimes the same point...more

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Feb 27, 2013 Chris rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a great mystery/thriller primarily because it avoids all of the well-worn grooves that most mystery writers fall into. I feel that, in a mystery novel, it's important that the conclusion be plausible, but even more so that the events leading to it are independently plausible and not transparently constructed just to lead to that conclusion. This novel satisfied my plausibility appetite more than most, and the dialog was genuine. I can sometimes live with a mediocre plot if the dialog is...more

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May 15, 2013 Kayla rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the first thing I've read by David J. Bell. Although I thought it was very good, I found it predictable and knew who killed Justin toward the beginning of the book before any speculation! I didn't love the whole Steven Kollman coming back years later because he was infatuated or obsessed with Janet...I thought the idea of it was okay, but it wasn't wrapped up at the end of the story. I felt like I was supposed to feel sorry for him, but I didn't. I liked Bill's relationships in the book...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Lisa Wroble rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I like suspenseful books with plenty of hints at the outcome. I love books that keep me guessing and then revising that guess until the ending. This is one of those books. David J. Bell is one of my new favorite authors. (I read Cemetery Girl early in the fall and loved it. Then I bought this book.

Twenty years ago Janet Manning's younger brother disappeared, and that event is still afflicts the family. Bell expertly weaves together the troubled lives of Janet, her father, and Janet's teenage da...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Darcia Helle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, first-reads-giveaways, suspense-thriller-mystery

Some mysteries are straight forward whodunits, while others, like this one, offer many layers and lots to think about. I found the characters believable and was intrigued by the various relationships. Bell shines a bright light on the issue of guilt, innocence, and that gray area in between. The plot had some twists but, for me, it was more about how one past event forever changed so many lives.

At times, certain issues and conversations were rehashed a bit too much. The pace slowed and I wanted...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Terri Lynn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery-suspense-thrillers

I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway and was thrilled to win it because I had heard so many good things about it. I loved it!

My father had cheated on my mother all through their marriage and I saw some other relatives and some parents of some school friends cheat on spouses and have absolutely no respect for those who cheat on a spouse. When you make those vows, no matter what happens in the marriage, you need to keep your promises. If you don't want to, you need to be honest with your s...more I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway and was thrilled to win it because I had heard so many good things about it. I loved it!

My father had cheated on my mother all through their marriage and I saw some other relatives and some parents of some school friends cheat on spouses and have absolutely no respect for those who cheat on a spouse. When you make those vows, no matter what happens in the marriage, you need to keep your promises. If you don't want to, you need to be honest with your spouse and get a divorce before starting another relationship. Adulterers are nasty, slimy creatures sneaking around. I have felt first hand the hurt that even the children feel in these situations.

This book is about the tragedy and the wrecked lives that came from a man and woman who chose to cheat on their spouses. It led to murder, misery, and derailed lives. It is a story worth reading for this alone but it also is a story of love, relationships, and mystery/suspense.

Twenty-five years ago in this small Ohio town, 7-year-old Janet Manning's mother did something very strange. She sent little Janet alone with her 4-year-old brother Justin out to the park alone and unattended. This is irresponsible parenting to be sure. A little bit later, little 7 year old Michael Bower is sent to the same park by his parents Ray and Rose Bower, also alone. Janet was always in love with Michael even as a child and he was her favorite playmate.

Why were such young kids sent alone to the park? Because their parents had a little Peyton Place to carry out that they didn't want the kids to hear. Janet and Justin's mother had been carrying on an affair for years with Ray Bower and in fact, Justin was his son by her. On this particular day, Janet and Justin's mother was telling her husband Bill that she was leaving him to run off with Ray and Ray was telling his wife Rose that he was leaving her for Justin's mom and Bill and Rose were both learning that Justin was Ray's son.

At the park, little Justin ran off after a dog into the woods. Michael followed and came back without him. When Justin failed to return or to be found, police came and a search continued for weeks. This is a racist town with the blacks staying on their own side of town so the fact that a young black man, Dante Rogers, was in the park playing with the kids made the racist cop Reynolds target him. Though the only evidence was that he was in the park at the same time and they found some kiddie porn at his house, when Justin's skeleton was found weeks later, he was tried and convicted of murder. His public defender tried to get a change of venue but the white judge refused and an all white jury convicted him. He has only recently gotten out and returned to town.

Fast forward to today. Janet's mother had moped and grieved and stayed with her husband when Justin died but died early. Janet made some stupid mistakes and got knocked up in high school and had a daughter Ashleigh who is now 15 and prickly. They had to move into her dad's house since he lost his job and needs the financial support. Things are tense. Ashleigh has had a good male friend, a black boy named Kevin, who has a good head on his shoulders and is a stabilizing influence. Ashleigh wants a romance with him and he would be great for her but she fears the racism too.

Since it is the 25th anniversary of Justin's murder and since Dante is out of jail, the local media play up the story and suggest a racist plot against Dante. Janet has had her doubts about what really happened that day and so does the cop who was a rookie when he handled the case- Detective Stynes who is now nearly 60. He is startled when he tries to look into mistakes made in the case and finds his former boss Reynolds is quite the nasty racist. He is also stunned when one new revelation after another comes out and when Michael Bowers returns to town to tell Janet his life has been that of a loser and he had tried to have therapists help him remember that day , he recalled his dad was in the woods with Justin. A strange man who looks like Justin grown up begins to show up around Janet and she starts thinking he is Justin. Was that skeleton Justin's? They had no DNA testing then and he had never been to the dentist for x-rays. And why didn't Bill Manning want it known he had not gone to work that morning? Why did Ray's wife Rose say he came home from the park with dirty pants and throw them into the washer? Why did the school teacher who took kids on nature walks flee the day of the murder on foot, leaving his car behind? Who really killed Justin- or is he even dead? You'll need to read to see!(less)

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Mar 24, 2013 Hailey rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was the first book I read this month and I remember really enjoying it. David Bell is a great writer, who knows how to keep a twist unexpected until it's meant to be revealed. When I read whodunit novels, I like there to be a complexity to the plot and more than just one straight-forward plot line. The only thing that bothered me about this novel was the parent-child dynamic that came across inauthentic and unvarying from one relationship example to the next.

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Mar 01, 2013 Lou rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-thriller

A gripping tale that reels you in and has you wanting to know the truth.
A crime long gone more than twenty years passed and one man in prison for the crime. New information and faces unearth this old crime that would have been proven more accurately if modern forensics were to hand in the past when this family faced their loss.
This story read like a Harlan Coben story with an apt twist in its tale.

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Dec 09, 2012 Kelley Bowen rated it 3 of 5 stars

I loved David Bell's CEMETERY GIRL and THE HIDING PLACE does not disappoint. Not as darkly frightening as THE CEMETERY GIRL, Mr. Bell's new novel is more predictable than his first which takes the edge off some of the suspense. Nevertheless, I enjoy his writing style and his stories and will be buying his next book as soon as it hits the shelves. If you enjoy reading small town suspense, I think you'll like THE HIDING PLACE.

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Oct 06, 2012 Chris Wolak added it

Shelves: mystery-thriller, review-copy, suspense, dnf

It could be that I just wasn't in the mood for this book at this time. Perhaps I'll pick it up in the future and not be able to put it down, but this time around I'm throwing in the towel after 75 pages. The premise sounded interesting, but nothing about the characters or writing style intrigued me and there are just too many other books that I'm chomping at the bit to get to. I did, however, like his first book, Cemetery Girl.

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Feb 13, 2013 Sherrie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: family-drama, thrillers-mystery

The Hiding Place kept my interest from beginning to end. The pacing was great and there was plenty of suspense. This story begins on the 25th anniversary the disappearance of Janet Manning's brother Justin. Justin went missing from a park near their house and his body was found weeks later. As the story progresses the reader learns that the person who served 25 years in prison for Justin's murder may not be the real killer. Exciting read! I would recommend this book to fans of the mystery and su...more

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Dec 31, 2012 Dennis rated it 2 of 5 stars

Meh. While usually well plotted, I found Bell's characters to veer into odd behavior changes in annoying ways. This made me feel the story was ultimately unbelievable and the behavior changes contrived plot devices rather than natural progressions. Since I felt the same way about Cemetery Girl, I think there's just something about his style that repels me.

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Dec 02, 2012 PacaLipstick Gramma rated it 5 of 5 stars

WOW!
This story had so many twists and turns, and keeping you on the edge as to what was going to happen next, that I literally couldn't sit still! At times it was so intense I just had to put the book down . . . AND WALK AWAY . . .
I love books that draw you in, and Mr. Bell does this very well. (The last book that I read that kept me in this state was Virgin of the Small Plains.) The story was so realistic and believable that it read like it had been taken from the headlines.
Riveting. Engrossing...more

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Apr 16, 2013 Michelle rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book is hard for me to rate. It went from a definite 2 stars at the beginning to a 3 then almost to a 3.5 and then it just went back to a 2. I didn't care for the ending. I think this book had a lot of potential and could have turned out differently. I don't think that this book should be discouraged from being read....it just wasn't what I hoped it would be...if that makes sense.

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Apr 23, 2012 Sarahz rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book had me hooked from the first chapter. I enjoyed the writing style and seeing the story for a few different characters' perspectives. It was a mystery about a 4yr old boy who was murdered 25 years ago, and suddenly new twists to the tale start bubbling to the surface to make everyone reevaluate what happened. A good read overall.

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Nov 18, 2012 Lynn rated it 3 of 5 stars

I wanted to like this book so much more than I did. I really liked the premise, loved the cover, and wanted a spooky Halloween read. I bought this and the author's first book, "Cemetery Girl" at the same time.

For me, the dialogue seemed a little stiff and repetitive. The characters weren't fleshed out so that I really cared about any of them.

I do look forward to giving "Cemetery Girl" a chance.

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Oct 27, 2012 Katie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, mystery

Just like his other book, Cemetery Girl, this one hooked me right from the beginning and kept me interested. I finished it in less than 24 hours. David does a great job of giving you just enough of a piece of information to cause doubt and keep you guessing. Can't wait for teh next one.

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David J. Bell is the author of CEMETERY GIRL (NAL/Penguin) and the forthcoming THE HIDING PLACE, which will be published in October 2012. He is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Western Kentucky University and can be reached via his website at www.davidbellnovels.com

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