Loved the atmosphere and the setting here. The characters were solid and the writing flowed well enough to keep me reading. Obviously the plot itself gripped me too, the premise was crazy good. I can recommend this one.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group, Berkley for the copy of Storm Warning by David Bell. I’m not a fan of “slow burn” novels, so getting a taste of the oncoming hurricane on the first page got me invested in the book right away. I have never experienced a hurricane, but this book made me feel like I had, because it was so vivid. I hope to never experience one now! I love how Bell has the ability to humanize his characters and let us get to know them through their actions instead of by simply describing them. One of the things that make a thriller soar for me is when a character does or says something so tender or kind that I tear up and there were a number of those moments in this stupendous book, which is destined to be on my top ten books of 2024.

David Bell is fast becoming one of my favorite mystery authors. His characters and plot is absolutely amazing. This is one I will need to own in my collection.