**"McMahon unfurls a whirlwind of suspense...Combining murder mystery
and coming-of-age tale with supernatural elements, this taut novel is
above all a reflection on the haunting power of memory." -Entertainment
Weekly
**
A woman's past and present collide in terrifying ways in this
explosive debut by New York Times bestselling author Jennifer
McMahon.
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.
