Some books are great to listen to on a road trip–something not too involved or literary, mostly plot driven, and well paced. The miles fly by. We’ve found Linwood Barclay is a good ‘go-to’ for this. He has many books to choose from, I’ve only read one other one called Elevator Pitch which I really enjoyed as an easy-to-read thriller. Broken Promise is the first in a trilogy all set in a small quiet town called Promise Falls.
After his wife’s death and the loss of a job, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back to his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can’t find a way to stop the descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David’s cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David’s mother asks him to check on her, he’s horrified to discover that she’s been given a child that is not her own–a gift from an “angel” left on the porch. When the baby’s real mother is found murdered, David can’t help wanting to piece together what happened. When he begins to investigate he realises that Marla’s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening and something dark has infected Promise Falls.
The book concludes some things, but there’s a lot of loose ends at the end of this one: on to the next instalment in the series called Far From True (Promise Falls # 2). On the road again!
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