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Book SynopsisBOOK 1 OF 3
Welcome to Promise Falls. The small town with a big secret.
David Harwood is asked to check up on his cousin Marla, who''s not been herself since losing her baby nearly a year ago. But when he gets there, he finds blood on the door.
Inside, Marla happily looks after a baby that isn''t hers. She claims it was delivered ''by an angel'', but David fears the worst.
His suspicions come true when a woman''s dead body is found - with her own baby missing - making Marla the only suspect in the investigation.
But David knows no matter how troubled she is: Marla isn''t a murderer. Is someone lurking in the shadows? And how far will David go to protect his family?
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Praise for Linwood Barclay
''Nothing is more satisfying than tucking into a new Linwood Barclay novel'' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door
''A suspense master'' Stephen King
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Trade Review
Broken Promise is a treat, full of ingenuity and flair and, what's more, it's a book that does not accentuate its effects, but assumes that the reader will be paying the closest attention. * THE INDEPENDENT *
If you like your crime more twisty than a bowl of fusilli pasta, then you will love Linwood Barclay and this tale of a small town newspaper reporter investigating a gruesome murder and a missing baby. * RED ONLINE *
a relentless white-knuckle ride of a thriller, set in the fictional small American town of Promise Falls... There is real storytelling craft on display here, and if ever a book deserved the description 'page turner' it's this one. * BIG ISSUE *
Fast and smartly plotted. * SUNDAY MIRROR *
Like a less surreal Twin Peaks, this is a compellingly grotesque portrait of the American dream in meltdown. * SUNDAY EXPRESS *
Like a less surreal Twin Peaks, this is a compellingly grotesque portrait of the American dream in meltdown. And don't expect all the answers in this first volume - Barclay is keeping plenty of secrets back for parts two and three. * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Broken Promise smoothly combines a page-turning Harlan Coben pace with a Jeffery Deaver-esque twist. There's even a hint of classic Stephen King in the presentation of an American small town with disturbing secrets. Barclay's evocation of middle-class America and the frustrations of a man forced to return to his roots form the heart of this cleverly constructed mystery that amply demonstrates why Barclay is one of the biggest-selling US writers of crime fiction. The first chapter may read simply "I hate this town", but readers will be seduced by the dark heart of Promise Falls. * SUNDAY HERALD *
compulsive * BUZZ MAGAZINE *
Barclay's greatest strength is weaving menace into everyday situations and he delivers this in spades in Broken Promise. * DAILY EXPRESS *
