Book Review for Storm Warning by David Bell

 Storm Warning by David Bell

Published June 25, 2024 by Berkley

Genre:  Mystery Thriller

 

Taken from Goodreads:  A man living on a Florida barrier island must protect his family from both an approaching hurricane and a relentless killer.

Jake Powell is racing to get off the island as a powerful hurricane approaches. When he finds his best friend Dallas, the building manager, dead from a blow to the skull, Jake realizes there’s more than the storm to fear. There’s a murderer on the island, maybe even still inside the nearly abandoned building.

Dallas had repeatedly run afoul of the wealthy owners of the building by complaining about code violations and the precarious state of the condos. But he’d also once told Jake that every resident had a secret they’d come to Florida to escape. Had one of them killed to conceal their sins? As a dozen people shelter together in hopes of surviving the deadly hurricane, a second murder makes it all too clear: one of them is a dangerous killer.

 

My Thoughts:  David Bell is a go-to author.   Every book he writes keeps me turning pages and devouring the story.    Storm Warning is exactly what I expect when I pick up one of his books.   There are characters that I love or hate, a storyline that I become invested in, and the book is one that I do not want to end. 

Storm Warning is the story about a group of island dwellers stuck in a building that is falling apart as a hurricane is hitting their island.   There is a killer, there are dead bodies, and there is the hero.  The characters all have histories with twists and turns that could make them the killer.  This book had me turning pages and making guesses as to what would be happening next. 

Once again, this is a must-read book!  I recommend it to any mystery thriller reader.

Thank you Berkley for a copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

 

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Meet David Bell (taken from his website):  David Bell is the New York Times-bestselling author of sixteen novels including TRY NOT TO BREATHE (forthcoming June 27, 2023), SHE’S GONE, THE FINALISTS, KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS, THE REQUEST, LAYOVER, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER, BRING HER HOME, SINCE SHE WENT AWAY, SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW, THE FORGOTTEN GIRL, NEVER COME BACK, THE HIDING PLACE, CEMETERY GIRL, THE GIRL IN THE WOODS, and THE CONDEMNED.

His work has been translated into numerous foreign languages, included on several bestseller lists, nominated for the Pushcart Prize five times, and, in 2013, won the prestigious Prix Polar International de Cognac for best crime novel by an international author. KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS was also nominated for a 2022 Edgar Award. 

He is a professor of English at Western Kentucky University where he co-founded the MFA program in creative writing. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he spends his free time rooting for the Reds and Bengals, watching movies, and walking in the cemetery near his house. He lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with his wife, young adult author M Hendrix.