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From the Publisher's Weekly review 
Monday, August 29, 2011

"Set in a small Ohio college town, Bell’s suspenseful, disquieting debut thriller gets off to a strong start. The disappearance of 12-year-old Caitlin Stuart, last seen four years earlier walking the family dog in a park near her home, has severely tested the marriage of her parents, Tom and Abby. When Abby seeks closure by scheduling a “funeral,” it places the final strain on their fragile relationship. Then the police pick up a teenager outside a mall late one night, somewhat dirty but basically okay, who turns out to be the missing girl. Since Caitlin, a private, self-contained child even before her abduction, is reluctant to share information about her experiences and captor with either her family or police, Tom wonders if she was somehow complicit in her disappearance. Tom’s search for answers to what power held his daughter captive drives the narrative, and all his relationships become defined by his quest."

 

"WKU Community Creates Book Trailer," The College Heights Herald 
Tuesday, September 6, 2011

"David Bell, assistant professor of English, is doing whatever it takes to promote his upcoming novel, Cemetery Girl. One of the creative writing instructor’s efforts includes releasing a two-minute short film, or book trailer, called “Caitlin’s Story.” The trailer will act as a tease for the book to be released on Oct. 4. The trailer highlights scenes from the novel, narrated by the father of 12-year-old Caitlin Stuart, who goes missing for four years. But when she is found alive, she is unnaturally calm and has no desire to talk about what happened to her while she was missing. . ." continued here.