false 659546 5 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, <i>Promise Not to Tell</i>, is a story of friendship and family, devotion and betrayal - tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable. 3057249 1 4 2007 Promise Not to Tell: A Novel total:1309|5:176|4:441|3:509|2:155|1:28| 1309 4509 2007 339 2 5 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 27 06:42:20 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 17 06:30:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 27 17:41:54 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 16:22:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:04:07 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:05:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 12:24:34 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 15:39:33 -0700 2008
This is an odd story~told in both present time AND flashbacks. It does at times get tricky keeping up with what time period you are in.
T...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 20:45:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 20:51:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 10:00:29 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 08 12:03:50 -0700 2007 Promise Not to Tell is an excellent page-turner with strong character development. The story goes back and forth between spring of 1971 and the fall of 2002. In the present day, main character Kate Cypher has returned home to Vermont to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's. The night that she ar...more...]]> 2 3 false true Fri Apr 18 10:13:40 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 10:24:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 07:10:41 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 07:23:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:33:57 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:51:30 -0700 2009
This is a debut novel, and quite good. A little bit of the woo-woo but I don’t mind that. Kate Cypher is forced to come back to her home because her ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:35:07 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 17:35:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 16 18:14:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:34:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 12 19:57:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:58:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 10:39:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:39:46 -0700 2009
The book follows two separate stories; a recounting of a 30-year-old murder of a child in rural...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 09:59:36 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 10:08:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 11:54:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 12:16:52 -0700 2009
First off.. I should have only given this book 3 stars, because it was poorly tied up, but it was really good book and it kept me interest.

But the title really has nothing to do with the story! I won't spoil it, but after finishing it, I can't figure out...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 15:06:31 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:15:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:27:20 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:32:13 -0800 2009
However, some of that may be getting in the way. I don't know if the whole teepee living idea (a funky, fun idea for a c...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:14:55 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:20:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:52:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:02:11 -0700 2009
I think the writing was enjoyable, but the writer could not decide if it was a crime story, horror story...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 19:54:33 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 22:01:22 -0700 2009 Promise Not to Tell, Kate Cypher, a school nurse in Seattle, temporarily returns to her childhood home in New Hope, Vermont to care for her ailing mother. When a young girl is murdered in the woods behind her mother's home on her first night back, Kate begins reliving the murder 30 years earlier ...more...]]>