Multi-award-winning Donnell Ann Bell knows statistically that crime and accidents happen within a two-mile radius of the average residence. That’s why she leaves the international capers to world travelers and concentrates on stories that might happen in her neck of the woods.

Over the last few years, Donnell has fallen in love with writing multi-jurisdictional task force plots, keeping close tabs on her theme SUSPENSE TOO CLOSE TO HOME. Her single-title romantic suspense novels, The Past Came Hunting, Deadly Recall, Betrayed, and Buried Agendas, have all been Amazon e-book best sellers.

Traditionally published with Belle Books/Bell Bridge Books, Black Pearl, a Cold Case Suspense is her first mainstream suspense and book one of a series. Until Dead, A Cold Case Suspense is book two in the series.

Interviews & More

• March 2022 – Interview with Lois Winston

Speaking Of…

I visited my hometown of Farmington, N.M., in October [2019] and was on Traci Hales Vass podcast that aired in January [2020]. On it, I talk about my many books, including my latest police procedural murder mystery. Here’s the link: Write On Four Corners- January 29: Donnell Bell, Black Pearl: A Cold Case Suspense

A Few Inspirations

“Don’t hope more than you’re willing to work.”
— Rita Mae Brown

“Yes, it’s okay to write a prologue. Just don’t write a bad one.”
— Robert Crais

“I am a writer doing business, not a business doing writing.”
— Amy Liz Talley

Author Associations