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Gavin Bell

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Born

in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

Website

http://gavinbell.net/

Twitter

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Genre

Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Influences

Stephen King, James Ellroy, Tom Wolfe, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, El ...more

Member Since

April 2012

URL

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Gavin Bell is the author of 138 Main, which will be published in 2026 by Simon & Schuster.

Under the pseudonym of Mason Cross, Gavin wrote the Carter Blake series of thrillers published by Orion. The first, The Killing Season, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. It was followed by four further novels in the series, including the Richard and Judy Book Club selection, The Samaritan. He has also written standalone thrillers as Alex Knight, including Hunted and Darkness Falls.

He lives in Glasgow with his wife and three children.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 32 ratings · 4 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Halfway to Hell 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012	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
	One Shot: Three Stories of Crime 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	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
	The Misfortune Teller: Three Stories of Crime 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	A Living: Three Stories About Killers 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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
	The Room: a tale of murder in the social networking age 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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