What She's Hiding: A Thriller

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From the day he first met her, Leslie Dunlop had excelled at deception, but Henry Gladstone, a lawyer at a white shoe Manhattan firm, couldn't say no. Their white-hot affair became a marriage filled with secrets and lies that collapsed as spectacularly as it began.

Cut to today: Leslie, who Henry hasn't heard from since their divorce was finalized, bursts into his office and announces that if he doesn't hand over a quarter-million dollars, they'll both be killed. Henry dismisses her story as a stupid attempt to steal his money and-despite his still-smoldering desire for her-tells her to get lost. But when he comes home to find his apartment ransacked followed by a phone call from a man with a Russian accent, he begins to think this time Leslie may be telling the truth. And now that he desperately needs to find her, she's disappeared again.

In a harrowing journey through the glittering heights and shadowy corners of New York City, where the legal world meets the dark underside of the city, Henry assembles a team that includes his best friend Aiden, a private investigator named Gabriela, and Aiden's ex Emma to track down a missing engagement ring, stay one step ahead of the Russian mob, and uncover the secrets of Leslie's past. As the screws turn tighter and tighter, Henry must learn who he can trust to uncover the truth...before it's too late.

In What She's Hiding, Art Bell masterfully weaves a noirish tale of suspense and emotional turbulence as a dangerous woman draws Henry ever further into a high-stakes game that neither one of them may survive.s Henry ever further into a high-stakes game that neither one of them may survive.

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If you love a dark, stylish thriller with a wicked sense of humor,What Shes Hidingby Art Bell is for you. With memorable characters, a noirish New York City setting, and a story that cuts like a knife, this novel will keep you reading until the wee hours. I highly recommend it! -- Douglas Preston, co-author with Lincoln Child of the famed #1 New York Times bestselling Pendergast series
Stolen gems, death threats, angry exs with axes to grind, Russian mobsters, and private eyes all come together in Art Bells terrific What Shes Hiding, a raucous, twisty, dangerous, and often hilarious trip through NYCs under, and over, world. -- Jon Lindstrom, USA Today bestselling author of Hollywood Hustle
"A mysterious ex-wife, a Russian mobster, and a missing ring all add up to a satisfying romp through New York City in Art Bell's What She's Hiding. This noir thriller doles out laughs with a hard-boiled edge, and keeps you guessing until the very end." -- Pamela Statz, Author of Thorn City
"What She's Hidingis an action thriller that will leave any enthusiast panting. This book is for an out-and-out lover of thrillers, especially for those who like it full of twists and turns." -- Suspense Magazine

Author Bio

Art Bellis a writer and former television executive known for developing and launching the Comedy Channel (later Comedy Central) while at HBO; and, as president of Court TV, overseeing daily live courtroom coverage and the production of hundreds of hours of original true-crime television series, documentaries, and movies. His memoirConstant Comedy: How IStarted Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor,was a finalist in the 2020 BestBook Awards in both the memoir and business categories. Bell has had short stories, nonfiction, and satire published in several journals, includingLowestoft Chronicle, Aethlon: The Journal of Sports Literature, The Ocotillo Review, Fiction Southeast, Castabout Arts and Literature, High Shelf Press,andWriters Read.What Shes Hidingis his first novel.Bell lives with his wife, Carrie, in Park City, Utah.