Promise Not to Tell: A Novel
 

Promise Not to Tell: A Novel

by Jennifer McMahon

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.... (read more)

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Suzi R
  • Rated 4 stars

I liked this book, I read it in one night. It is a combination of mystery, suspense and ghost story. The ghost is not to heavy handed, and related by Kate, who doesn't believe in ghosts. It has some dark aspects, neither glossed over or dwelt on, just related in the matter-of-fact way of someone who doesn't expect things to change. It covers peer pressure and bullying in a realistic manner. The novel is written in the first person and switches between Kate's childhood, when the first murder...

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Cullengirl l
  • Rated 1 stars

A friend of mine told me to read this book. I had to force myself to finish it. As you can see, I didn't care for the characters or the story. Skip it. You won't be missing much.

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Newest Comments

  • Annie S

    annie s said:

    I loved this book!! I kept wanting more!! I did have to put it down one night, I got very spooked!!

    posted Tuesday, June 17 2008
  • alenord

    alenord said:

    You know, I didn't really like this book. I felt it got to magical at the end. I prefer more realistic resolutions.

    posted Monday, May 12 2008
  • Jenny T

    jenny t said:

    So I am still wondering who killed the cat?

    posted Sunday, April 27 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Margaret S

    margaret s said:

    I really enjoyed this book. I found it captivating and difficult to put down. Can't wait for her next two books out this year. My Tiki Girl, and Island of Lost Girls.

    posted Saturday, January 12 2008
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