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  • Published: 15 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780440000907
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $36.00

The Request




When a man agrees to do a favor for a friend, he gets more than he bargained for as he becomes embroiled in a woman's murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Layover.

When a man agrees to do a favor for a friend, he gets more than he bargained for as he becomes embroiled in a woman’s murder in this new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of Layover.

Ryan Francis has it all—great job, wonderful wife, beautiful child—and he loves posting photos of his perfect life on social media. Until the night his friend Blake asks him to break into a woman’s home to retrieve incriminating items that implicate Blake in an affair. Ryan refuses to help, but when Blake threatens to reveal Ryan’s darkest secret—which could jeopardize everything in Ryan’s life—Ryan has no choice but to honor Blake’s request.

When he arrives at the woman's home, Ryan is shocked to find her dead—and just as shocked to realize he knows her. Then his phone chimes, revealing a Facebook friend request from the woman. With police sirens rapidly approaching, Ryan flees, wondering why his friend was setting him up for murder.
 
Determined to keep his life intact and to clear his name, Ryan must find the real murderer—but solving the crime may lead him closer to home than he ever could have imagined.

  • Published: 15 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780440000907
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $36.00

About the author

David Bell

DAVID BELL is a USA Today bestselling, award-winning author whose work has been translated into multiple foreign languages. He’s currently a professor of English at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he directs the MFA program. His books have sold over 500,000 copies. She’s Gone is his YA debut.

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Praise for The Request

Praise for Layover

"A terrifically tense thriller with a femme fatale who will keep you guessing until the very end."--Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door

"[A] fast-paced thriller....Bell keeps the reader guessing whodunit until the end."--Publishers Weekly

"A whirlwind story about secrets, regrets, and sacrifice...a deliciously infectious thriller."--Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife

"David Bell is a top-notch storyteller....I flew through this twisting, riveting psychological thriller."--Cristina Alger, New York Times bestselling author of Girls Like Us