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Kill All Your Darlings

David Bell
Chapters (98)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for
  3. Also by David Bell
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. PART I
  7. CHAPTER ONE
  8. CHAPTER TWO
  9. CHAPTER THREE
  10. CHAPTER FOUR
  11. CHAPTER FIVE
  12. CHAPTER SIX
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT
  15. CHAPTER NINE
  16. CHAPTER TEN
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  23. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  24. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  25. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  35. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  38. PART II
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  45. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  46. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  55. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  56. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  64. PART III
  65. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  66. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  67. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  75. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  76. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  77. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  85. PART IV
  86. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  87. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  88. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  89. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  90. CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE
  91. CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
  92. CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE
  93. CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
  94. EPILOGUE
  95. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  96. Readers Guide
  97. About the Author
  98. What’s next onyour reading list?

Cover

Cover for Kill All Your Darlings

Praise for

KILL ALL YOUR DARLINGS

“Grabs you by the throat and never lets go . . . will keep you reading late into the night with a twist you’ll never see coming.”

—Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

“A dark, twisty journey through the labyrinth of academia. This book has everything—a missing girl, a murder, a book within a book, and so much more! One of David Bell’s most unique and engrossing novels.”

—Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife

“An exceptionally gripping, lightning-paced, deviously plotted thriller. David Bell is a mad genius. I could not put this book down.”

—Michele Campbell, international bestselling author of It’s Always the Husband

“This compelling thriller about a professor, a student, and a stolen manuscript that closely mirrors a real-life murder will keep readers guessing until the very last page . . . storytelling at its very best!”

—Wendy Walker, bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten

“Compulsively readable and jam-packed with more twists and turns than a roller coaster . . . first-rate literary entertainment. Suspenseful and surprising.”

—Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Boogeyman

“Only the diabolical mind of the talented storyteller David Bell could concoct this mind-bendingly twisty thriller! He manages to brilliantly weaponize college, students, teachers, tenure—and even the writing of novels. Smart, audacious, and completely original.”

—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of The First to Lie

Praise for David Bell and his novels

“A tale straight out of the psychological thriller territory blazed by the likes of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner.”

—The Providence Journal

“A tautly told, heart-pounding read . . . a page-turning whodunit where every character’s a suspect and no one can be trusted.”

—Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs.

“A compulsive, twisty, race-against-the-clock thriller . . . [a] smart and unrelenting page turner!”

—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45

“A terrifically tense thriller . . . will keep you guessing until the very end.”

—Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark

“David Bell is a top-notch storyteller. . . . [A] twisty, riveting psychological thriller.”

—Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us

“[A] twisty, realistic thriller. . . . [Bell] is a skilled storyteller.”

—Houston Chronicle

“[A] suspenseful, page-turning thriller.”

—HelloGiggles

“[A] heart-poundingly addictive thriller until the final page.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

Also by David Bell

Cemetery Girl

The Hiding Place

Never Come Back

The Forgotten Girl

Somebody I Used to Know

Since She Went Away

Bring Her Home

Somebody’s Daughter

Layover

The Request

Dedication

For Molly

Epigraph

In writing, you must kill all your darlings.

—William Faulkner

PART I

CHAPTER ONE

CONNOR

PRESENT

Grendel doesn’t bark when my key hits the lock.

That’s when I know something is wrong.