Quick read with less than fully developed characters, but an interesting plotyline. Lost love and the lead character's "investigation" of circumstances resulting from a 20 year old motor vehicle accident and death. ( )

This was definitely a quick read for me, as was the author's other book, The Forgotten Girl. Both are fast-paced page turners that are high in suspense but low on substance. I still enjoyed the book, as that was exactly what I was looking for at the time. They make great beach reads. ( )

It took me a couple of reading marathons to finish, but the story had me hooked from the beginning. I had to know what happened. It was a bit of a genre change from what I have been reading lately, but I quite enjoyed the suspense and the unavoidable desire to anticipate what might happen next, or who was behind it all.

Another lucky goodreads giveaway find for me! ( )

Lindas Book Obsession Reviews “Somebody I Used to Know” by David Bell, Berkley Press, December 31, 2018

I would like to give everyone fair warning about reading David Bell’s , Author “Somebody I Used to Know” before going to bed. I couldn’t put “Somebody I Used to Know’ down after starting it, and as a result didn’t go to sleep. David Bell has written another thrilling, edgy, page-turning, intense, intriguing, captivating, riveting, suspenseful and thought-provoking novel. The Genres for this novel are Thriller, Mystery, Suspense and Fiction. The timeline within this novel goes back twenty years, when it pertains to the characters or events in the story, and is set in the present. David Bell describes his suspicious and quirky characters as complex and complicated.

David Bell has an amazing style of writing some usual routine that turns into something mysterious and dangerous.. In “Somebody I Used to Know”, Nick Hansen, a typical single guy and main character stops to pick up some food to eat at the grocery store. Mind you, nothing exotic or extreme. Nick Hansen glimpses a young woman shopping who is a doppelgänger for his girlfriend,Marissa Minor that has been dead for 20 years in a fire. When Nick tries to talk to her she runs off.

The next day, the police knock on Nick’s door , and question him about the woman he saw. The young woman had a note in her pocket with Nick’s name and address. Unfortunately the young woman is now dead.

There are twists and turns, and ups and downs. Nick seeks out some friends that he can trust to find out while he himself seems to be considered a suspect. There are betrayals, attempted kidnappings, murder and danger. Many of his friends are not who he thinks. Many things are not what they appear to be.

This Mass Market Paperback comes out December 31, 2018. I highly recommend this book for those readers who enjoy a suspenseful and thrilling novel. Only remember you have been warned, do not read this book before going to bed. ( )

Twenty years have passed since Nick lost his first love Marissa when she died in a house fire, and he has never gotten over her. On a quick stop at a grocery store he notices a girl who looks just like Marissa, but when he speaks to her she freaks out and runs out of the store. The next day she is found dead with his name and address is in her pocket. What happens next, as this mystery unravels, kept me guessing until the last chapter. This is a great story from a talented writer. 4 stars ( )