The Thirteenth Bell

A Crime Thriller

By: Russell Knight

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The bells in Taganga, Colombia, ring twelve times.

Then a thirteenth rings—
and someone disappears.

Gabriel Ferrer, a Spanish Guardia Civil officer on leave, came to Colombia to shut his mind off. To stop seeing patterns. But when a light moves inside the church tower and a scream cuts across the bay, Ferrer’s instincts take over. He asks the first question the town can’t afford to hear.

And Taganga answers the way it always does: with silence.

Maritza Mercado has lived with the official lie for years: the sea took Nadia. Case closed. Except Nadia left warnings—notes, messages, and a trail that leads back to the church…and to the men who keep the town quiet.

What Ferrer and Maritza uncover isn’t just a local crime. It’s a system—roles, coded verifications, clean paperwork—designed to make evidence vanish without leaving a trace. A front called Puerta de Agua. A network protected by procedure, donations, and legal cover.

Because in Taganga, the danger isn’t only what happened inside the church.

It’s who has the power to erase it.

THE THIRTEENTH BELL is a relentless police procedural thriller with international reach, real investigative friction, and high stakes that keep escalating.

If you like intelligent, fast-moving crime thrillers, take advantage of the offer and start with Chapter One.

Every bell has a purpose.
The thirteenth is the one they don’t want you to hear.