Hotel Hell

“The headlines we read in today’s newspapers often eclipse the horrors writers dream up in modern suspense or thriller novels so to find the most horrific storyline one often has to find the book that is labeled ‘based on a true story.’ Bethel has done just that in Blood Moon. Taking the true life drama that Marc Schiller endured he has wrapped a story for our enjoyment right from the headlines.”
- Suspense Magazine

This is a story of one man’s struggle to survive unspeakable evil in the midst of international intrigue complicated by indifference from those who should be seeking justice for the victimized. In the end, it becomes a tale of vengeance. On a hot, steamy afternoon in Miami, Cuban-American businessman Recidio Suarez is brutally beaten and abducted. Handcuffed, shackled and blindfolded, he has no idea why he has been targeted. What he discovers is heart-stopping. What he endures during almost a month of captivity compares only to the most horrendous stories of prisoners of war. He is tortured, and under the threat of death, and worse – the rape of his wife and torture of his children – Suarez is forced to hand over his multi-million dollar holdings to his captors. Suarez survives and then spends the next few months staying one step ahead of the murderous pack. During this time, he and his lawyer, Nolan Stevens – a former Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Office of the FBI – are having difficulties convincing the Miami-Dade Police Department that a crime has been committed. Their efforts are complicated by Steven’s difficult history with the head of the MDPD Special Investigations Division, who is not interested in pursuing the case.

John David Bethel is an award-winning author whose novels include Evil Town, Blood Moon, Unheard of and A Washington Trilogy. He has also been published in popular consumer magazines and respected political journals. Mr. Bethel is a media consultant for a number of prominent communications management firms. He writes speeches, opinion editorials and Congressional testimony for CEOs from the nation's largest corporations. His op-ed pieces have appeared in prominent newspapers around the country.