Promise Not to Tell - Softcover

McMahon, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061143316 ISBN 13: 9780061143311

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2007

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon's explosive debut

Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl is murdered--a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her dirt-poor friend Del--shunned and derided by classmates as "Potato Girl"--was brutally slain. Del's killer was never found, while the victim has since achieved immortality in local legends and ghost stories. Now, as this new murder investigation draws Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unexpected ways. Because nothing is quite what it seems . . . and the grim specters of her youth are far from forgotten.

More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon's extraordinary debut novel, Promise Not to Tell, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal--tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.

About this title

Review:

"This assured, ambitious debut novel offers an unusual mix of mystery novel and ghost story..."--Booklist

"Deeply disturbing and darkly compelling..."--Sara Gruen, bestselling author of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS

"Well-plotted suspenseful fun."--Kirkus Reviews

"PROMISE NOT TO TELL takes you through the twisted world of adolescent friendship, betrayal and murder."--Pam Lewis, author of SPEAK SOFTLY, SHE CAN HEAR

"A great, dark, spooky book for the summer."--Today Show

Book Description:

Part coming-of-age novel, part ghost story, part psychological thriller - a powerful novel of adolescent friendship, betrayal and murder

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0061143316
• ISBN 13: 9780061143311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256