Never Come Back

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Copyright © David J. Bell, 2013

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:

Bell, David.

Never come back/David Bell.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-101-60484-7

1. Mothers—Death—Fiction. 2. Family secrets—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Suspense fiction. I. Title.

PS3602.E64544N48 2013

813'.6—dc23 2013017842

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.