3.6
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A woman’s past and present collide with unexpected results in this hauntingly beautiful debut novel set in rural Vermont.
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.
© 2016 HarperAudio (Аудиокнига): 9780062568755
Дата на публикуване
Аудиокнига: 29 ноември 2016 г.
3.6
Криминални
A woman’s past and present collide with unexpected results in this hauntingly beautiful debut novel set in rural Vermont.
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.
© 2016 HarperAudio (Аудиокнига): 9780062568755
Дата на публикуване
Аудиокнига: 29 ноември 2016 г.
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Марина
13.02.2024 г.
Not a page turner (but then again, this is McMahon’s first novel, so I guess that’s okay). The story is slow-paced. It's not merely as compelling as the writer's later works. Sometimes jumping from one timeline to the other was confusing. At some point, I stopped caring about the plot and wasn’t interested in seeing the pieces of the puzzle come together. The ending was implausible. Killing someone for such a stupid reason, seriously? It’s great that Jennifer McMahon’ writing has improved so much over time.
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