Author Bio
Safina Bello is a dark romance and thriller author who writes stories about obsession, betrayal, and dangerous love. Inspired by suspenseful plots and morally gray characters, she crafts tales where romance is as thrilling as it is risky. When she’s not writing, she’s connecting with readers, she is currently working on her new book “Dear Killer- The murder of Monica Hall”
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When Obsession Turns Deadly: The Dark Truth Behind “Dear Killer”
I’ve always been drawn to the parts of life that most people are too scared to look at—the shadows, the secrets, the dangers hiding in plain sight. That’s what inspired me to write my upcoming thriller, Dear Killer: Murder of Monica Hall.
It’s not just a story. It’s a confession, a warning, and a nightmare all rolled into one.
“If you’re reading this; it means he killed me…”
Those are Monica Hall’s last words to the world, written like a diary and a death sentence all at once. For years, she lived in the shadow of a man whose love was nothing but a slow poison. He was patient. He was obsessed. And to him, Monica was his forever—even in death.
When her body is finally found, it looks like the tragic end of a life spent running from him. But nothing is ever that simple. Monica wasn’t just a victim. She was a master of lies, a manipulator, and a murderer. The further the investigation goes, the clearer it becomes that Monica’s death was not the end of her story… it was only the beginning of a new nightmare.
Writing Dear Killer forced me to confront a chilling truth:
People like Monica exist.
I’ve seen pieces of her in real life—the ones who hide behind charm, who destroy everything they touch, and who have families willing to cover their darkness just to protect a last name. That realization haunted me. It still does.
We often imagine monsters as strangers lurking in the dark. But the worst monsters? They’re the ones smiling in family photos.
Dear Killer is more than a thriller. It’s a look at love twisted into obsession, at secrets buried too deep to stay hidden, and at the terrifying ways the past always catches up to us.
This book scarred me as much as it thrilled me to write. But that’s the kind of story I live for—the kind that keeps you awake at night, staring into the dark, wondering how well you really know the people you love.
Nina Soden 