About 2 years ago I stumbled across Mr. Bell's books and from the first one I was instantly entranced and I could not put the book down. As soon I was done, I devoured every other book he has written and now I wait anxiously for his next new book. If you love mystery and suspense where you can never guess what or who it is till the very end, this is the book for you. Bill's daughter Summer and her best friend have disappeared. Days later they are both found, but only one is alive. It is a roller coaster ride from there and it will keep you on your toes. This is a great weekend read or when you have time for the whole day, as you will not be able to put this book down.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read Bring Her Home by David Bell. I have just starting reading David Bell's novels thanks to advance copy reading. I like his style. He immediately gets the reader on board with the characters. Very descriptive and genuine in his ability to convey the terrible things that happen to "regular" people.
Bill Price is a widower. His wife has died tragically in an accident, leaving Bill to take care of his teenage daughter, Summer. Summer is found beaten badly and her friend is dead. Bill has no idea of what has happened to his daughter and her friend. What Bill realizes - he knows very little of what his daughter has been doing. He must find out what happened to her and the police are not helping find who has hurt his daughter.
As Summer starts to recover, Bill notices that Summer is trying to communicate - Something is very wrong.
This novel is a puzzle - what happened to Summer and her friend - who would harm/kill these young girls. Heart wrenching at times, descriptive, and well written. Parents will feel the sting - could this happen to my family! There are many twists in this book - and nothing is what it seems!
Liked this one...Recommend..

March 6, 2017 – Started Reading
Review I got this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I read Somebody I Used to Know by this author and loved it. I have read this and 2 of his other books since and they just haven't been as good. I recommend this author for people that like Linwood Barclay's domestic suspense thrillers, but understand his books won't be quite as good as Barclay's.

This book started out fairly interesting, but as time went on, I felt that it started to drag and I just wanted to find out what happened and be done with it. I found myself skimming pages just to move it along. I felt like a few of the events were somewhat implausible and I felt that the ending was a bit contrived and I had doubts as to whether things would have really unfolded the way they did. Anyway, it wasn't a total waste of time, just definitely not a favorite. I will probably read this author's next book hoping for a return to the form of Somebody I Used to Know.

Bring Her Home follows Bill Price in his arduous search for his daughter Summer. He will stop at absolutely nothing to have her back. He embarks on his own investigation, often times interfering with the detectives work and stepping on the toes of other parents in his quest for answers. Admirable, for sure.
While I found Bill's determination admirable, his personality was the exact opposite. It made it almost impossible to empathize with him. He lost his wife to a tragic accident, now his daughter is gone, his best friend is moving, the only other person with which he seems to have any form of relationship with is his sister Paige, and that is just barely. As we get to know Bill, we learn he has a bit of a temper and it sometimes gets the best of him.
While there were several different plot twists, none of them really took me by surprise and just seemed rather predictable. The pace was slow going and for every big reveal it seemed there were several pages of down time or repeat dialogue where Bill argues for someone's immediate arrest.

Bring Her Back kept me guessing until the end. A roller coaster of a whodunnit. Every parents worst nightmare, your child disappears with a friend and her friend is found dead, but where is your daughter? You have to read to find out!

I really liked Bring Her Home. I expected the first twist but was surprised it was so early in the book...then I was really hooked. I really felt for the dad throughout the entire book.

Bring Her Home is an excellent thriller about one man's desperate journey to find out what happened to his teenage daughter. The short-chapter format and multiple twists make this book a quick and exhilarating read. I am looking forward to adding this to our library's collection--our students have really enjoyed Mr. Bell's previous books, as well. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the preview copy!

Good book. Suspenseful with lots of twists and turns. Good plot. I enjoy reading books by this author.

While a fast paced mystery, this novel lacked suspense. Started strong with plenty of red herrings along the way, with bits and pieces of information being dished up slowly until the end when everything unsaid was hastily dumped on the reader. Overall a good read that kept me engaged throughout.

This was a book that I could not put down. The characters were easy to get to know. I was surprised all the way thru and even at the end. I’d think it was one way…then another…then back to the first idea. I cried some. It was easy to read. No errors that I could find to distract me from the story line. I will be reading more from David Bell.

Bill Price has not had it easy-his wife died about a year ago and his daughter Summer disappeared with her firend Haley only to be found beaten and half dead in the park, Haley dead beside her. As time goes by, Bill keeps vigil at her bedside in the hospital, only to find out that the girl in the bed is not Summer-it is her friend Haley. His life really unravels, and through his sister Paige and some of Summer's friends, he realizes there is a lot he doesn't know about his daughter's life. If he can piece it all together, he feels he will be able to find out what happened to her.

Bill Price receives that call that no parent wants to receive – from the police to come to the hospital about his daughter, Summer. This is a story of a father’s love and despair over what has happened to his daughter. I found it very insightful about relationships within the family and the community. It’s a fast paced and suspenseful story that deals with how the past can affect the present. With all the twists and turns of this story, I couldn’t put it down!

Two teenage girls go for a walk and are reported missing. After two days one is found dead and the other severely beaten almost beyond recognition in the woods. Bill Price, the father of one of the girls is on a mission to find out what happened during those two days and who kept the girls captive.

It is very difficult to say anything more about the plot without giving the story away. This book is full of twists and turns. It started out real great and kept me engrossed trying to guess what actually happened. There were a few discrepancies in the book like for some reason instead of reporting to the police everybody keeps talking to Bill Price. But overall a fun and fast read and will look forward to reading more by David Bell.

Many thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for this advance reader copy in exchange for my honest and fair review.

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This is a suspenseful mystery that grabbed my attention from the first chapter. I have previously read Somebody I Used To Know and Since She Went Away, both of which were excellent novels, so I was expecting another good read. I definitely wasn't disappointed. David Bell is just so readable. His writing draws the reader in and keeps the reader's attention. The book is not overly descriptive with paragraph after paragraph of unrelated details that can be skimmed; you won't want to miss one word of this book! There aren't a lot of books that I would say I couldn't put down, but this is truly one of them.

Bill Price's fifteen-year-old daughter, Summer, and her friend, Haley, have disappeared. They are finally found several days later; Haley is dead, and Summer has been beaten beyond recognition. What follows is Bill's quest to find out what happened to the girls on that fateful night. Most authors provide only one twist at the end, but David Bell surprises the reader throughout the novel with unexpected twist after twist. By the end of the novel, the reader finds out what actually happened when Summer and Haley disappeared as well as discovering long-buried secrets involving the death of Bill's wife.

I wanted to rush through the book, but at the same time didn't want it to end. I found myself reading chapter after chapter and suddenly realizing that I had spent several hours reading without even realizing it. I plan to read David Bell's earlier novels as well as follow his future publications. I highly recommend this book.

“Bring Her Home” is a new thriller from David J. Bell. The book details the tragic disappearance of Bill Price’s 15-year-old daughter and his desperate search for both her and her abductor.
Bell nicely develops all of the characters that make this is a novel you won’t want to put down. It twists and turns, leads you in one direction and then flips you 180 degrees as you chase a new set of clues and leads.
I found myself wanting to read “just one more chapter” each of the four days it took me to read “Bring Her Home.” If you’re searching for a book to immerse yourself in, David Bell’s latest offering is just what you are looking for.
Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

Bell really rang strong on this missing person novel. Hard to put this one down with all the twists and turns. Enter a concerned widower, Bill Price, with a teen daughter, Summer. True to life events of angry words and events that lead to heartache and" ..What if" grief. A copy of this book was provided to me by Berkley Publishing via netgalley with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book and my comments here are my honest opinion.

Fantastic! Outstanding! Where do I start?

Summer and her friend Hailey go out one evening as most teenage best friends do. Just one problem- they don't come home. 2 days later the police find 2 girls savagely beaten beyond recognition. One alive and one dead.
Now Bill Price, father of one of the missing girls is turning over every stone to find the reason behind the beating and murder.

Unfortunately, I can't get any deeper into the plot without giving too much away. I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Just know there are shocking twists at every turn. Moments that make you go...Are you kidding me??!! It will keep you constantly guessing. Me? Well I never saw it coming. It's just that good!

Short chapters that just fly by. I kept telling myself ok, just 1 more chapter .Ha...Not a chance! Could not, would not put it down!

And that book cover? Gorgeous! All-around winner! I absolutely recommend to all thriller fans!

Thank you to Netgalley, Berkley Publishing Group and David Bell for the ARC to review.

This book will get you right in the feels, plus the mind bending twists and turns will keep your head spinning. I adored David Bell's Bring Her Home and I truly think that you will too.

Bill lost his wife over a year ago, and with her birthday coming up, things have been difficult between him and his 15 year old daughter Summer. When Summer and her best friend Haley come up missing, Bill can't seem to stop hunting, searching, and trying to delve into the depths of what Summer could have been up to, and where she could have gone. Then he gets a call that he won't ever forget, Summer has been found and she's in the hospital. She's beaten pretty badly, but she's breathing. He rushes to her side, and doesn't move for days. Then, when Summer starts to say "no no no no no" when he tells her that he's there, he gets a strange feeling, which is only confirmed by his sister, Paige, the girl in the bed isn't Summer, it's Haley, who they thought was dead.

Given this new piece of information, Bill has to give up his hope, that Summer is alive, but now he must wait until Haley is healed so that he can find out what really happened to the girls, and get to the bottom of what Summer has been up to. But then another bombshell shakes his world up more than he can ever imagine.

Even though this book seemed a little long at some points, the twists kept coming, which made it page turning and made me eager for more. I really enjoyed learning about Summer's life, and the repercussions of Bill's actions. He is a man that will stop at nothing to get answers for his daughter and for himself. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars, although toward the end it got a little far fetched for me, the intrigue is still there. I received this book from Netgalley.

There are some excellent plot twists in this suspenseful novel; however, I just couldn't seem to get past the fact that two sets of parents were unable to definitively identify the one dead body found. I understand that both missing girls -- one dead, the other disappeared -- looked very much like sisters, sharing the same hair color, eye color, general physique, etc. Still, I found it completely unbelievable that (1) the parents were so confused about identity, (2) that questions couldn't be (with today's technology and under the circumstances) easily put to rest with an expedited DNA test, and (3) both sets of parents seemed unwilling or unable to wait for those DNA results before flying off the handle, falling to pieces, and/or lashing out at any and all people trying to help. Because of this (IMHO) massive hair in my figurative salad, I just couldn't seem to connect with any of the characters on an emotional level, which shouldn't have been hard to do given the premise of the tale. Can't really recommend. .