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Donnell Ann Bell

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Lubbock, TX, The United States

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Suspense, Romance, Thriller

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I grew up in the 4-Corners area, in the city of Farmington, New Mexico. I love New Mexico, and am influenced by its rich Hispanic and Native American culture, and will bring some of this knowledge to future work. I also love Colorado of which I was a resident for thirty plus years.

Since my debut in 2010, I've added five more books and am currently hard at working on number seven.

I'm passionate about suspense and storytelling. I hope you'll join me as I write around the theme *SUSPENSE TOO CLOSE TO HOME*

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Average rating: 4.03 · 2,245 ratings · 278 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Past Came Hunting 3.91 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Recall 4.03 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Betrayed 4.11 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense 4.10 avg rating — 406 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Until Dead: A Cold Case Suspense 4.09 avg rating — 172 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried Agendas 4.16 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We'd Rather Be Writing: 88 Authors Share Timesaving Dinner Recipes and Other Tips by Lois Winston (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Lisa Alber (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Reggi Allder (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Pearl: Cold Case Suspense, Book 1 by Donnell Ann Bell (Goodreads Author), Malik Rashad (Narrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colorado Mystery Merge Crime Fiction Collection 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Welcome to Help From My Friends Friday. V. R. Barkowski is a former online mystery critique partner, who from the beginning of our association, I knew was a major talent. Her critiques were invaluable. Her submissions intelligent, breathtaking and always spine-tingling. On one occasion she submitted a short story for our thoughts. I found the […]

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One Good Deed (Archer, #1)

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31 Mini-mysteries

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Donnell Bell said: " This is a great book. It took me a while to get through it because I was studying it fairly hard. R.T. Lawton writes short escapades and the end of each there's a quiz. Why did the police officer know something was up? Why did the witness come forwar ...more "

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Donnell Ann Bell wrote a new blog post The Penny Welcome to Help From My Friends Friday. V. R. Barkowski is a former online mystery critique partner, who from the beginning of our association, I knew Read more of this blog post »
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Donnell Bell rated a book it was amazing The Snake Handler's Wife (A Vega and Middleton Mystery Book 6) by Sue Hinkin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a fan of the Vega/Middleton series, I couldn't believe when Sue Hinkin hinted at ending her series. She's taken me on so many thriller joyrides, I hated to see it end. I must say that Ms. Hinkin outdid herself, placing her protagonist Lucy Vega in ...more
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Donnell Bell and 1 other person liked Maria's review of Deadly Recall: "I received a complimentary copy of this book as a part of a book tour in exchange for a fair and honest review. I rated it 5 Stars: A newly uncovered murder,the catholic church and a young woman suffering from selective amnesia, all play a part in Don" Read more of this review »
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After each Robert Crais novel, I close the book thinking no way can Robert Crais top this. That was my thinking after reading TAKEN. IMO The BIG EMPTY parallels that story's greatness as far as plot, characterization, emotional depth, twists/turns an ...more
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At times hard to read, and always hard to put down. Kurt Argento is a fantastic character who often finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. When a strange woman wearing a cast and tugging a toddler comes to him for help, Argento turns her ...more
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Donnell’s Quotes

“Moderation has never yet engineered an explosion”
― Ellen Glasgow

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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