A review by littletaiko
Far From True by Linwood Barclay

4.0

Super annoyed that is has taken me two years to get around to reading Far From True by Linwood Barclay, the second book in the Promise Falls trilogy. Raced through it in a couple of days and immediately dove into The Twenty-Three. Hope to have that one finished soon. This book picks up pretty much immediately after the events in the first book and there are still quite a lot of action happening in the town. The police detective is still trying to unravel a couple of brutal murders that are linked and seem related to someone with an obsession with the number 23. A drive in movie screen has collapsed killing a couple of people, a politician is trying to make a comeback, really awful in-laws are harassing their former daughter-in-law, and the list goes on. The author did a great job of keeping the suspense throughout the story. My main quibble is that there aren't any really strong female characters. There are a few in the book but they seem relegated to being nags, weak, or primarily there for romance potential. Granted the men are all pretty flawed as well so maybe I'm just being overly critical. Can't wait to see how this trilogy plays out!