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List Price: $13.95Amazon.com's Price: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780061143311
ISBN: 0061143316
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: April 10, 2007
Sales Rank: 54855
Studio: Harper Paperbacks
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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.
Average Rating: 
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I like the unusual pieces of the puzzle of this horror-mystery: the cult setting in Vermont, Lazy Elk and his "droopy" ways, a farmer with very fertile eggs that he sells, Alzheimer, and especially the Potato Girl, Del.
One hole is why would the ghost of Del create an accident for her brother Nicky? She doesn't have any strong motivation to hurt her him if she supposedly cares for her deputy Kate, why would she endanger her brother who will be a lover to Kate?
Another ... Read More
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No matter how bad it is I tend to grind on and wait to see the story will get better.
I am sometimes rewarded for this persistence, and when I am it encourages me to do it next time.
This was a horror story. I expected horror. I didn't expect down and dirty ugly. I have trouble with that in a book. Chilling is good in a horror story. Compelling helps, or intriguing. None of those things here. . I disliked the characters and found them annoying. I thought the story was dull. ... Read More
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The book PROMISE NOT TO TELL was a quick read.It was written so well i felt as if i was in the book. I'm a sophomore in high school and in a honors English course. This book is one i would suggest to my teacher. Any one at any age would be compelled to the book simply after the first page. It is one that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and with your head deeply buried between the pages. I enjoyed the twists and turns in Kate's life that keep me wanting more. I feel that anyone could relate to ... Read More
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One potato, two potato, three potato, four
I wish I hadn't bought this book
T'was wasteful and a bore
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Kate returns home to care for her mother with Alzheimer's, but her return coincides with a murder that closely mimics a murder from Kate's childhood. Kate's remembers her small-town childhood and her friendship with the murdered "Potato Girl" while she explores what has become of her old family and friends and their possible connection to the recent murder. Promise Not to Tell is a promising combination of small rural town and ghostly murder mystery, but this potential is buried under mediocre writing, ... Read More
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