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A review by sarahsez
Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon
3.0
When middle-aged Kate returns to her hometown to find a care facility for her dementia-stricken mother, she learns that sometimes the past won't stay buried.
When Kate was a child, her best friend Del - a poor girl who was bullied and called the Potato Girl - was the victim of a brutal, unsolved murder. The night Kate returns home, a local teen is killed in the same way, and one of the witnesses swears that she saw the Potato Girl near the body. Who murdered the girls? Does the ghost of the Potato Girl really haunt the town? The more Kate learns, the more questions there seem to be and the only thing sure is that more is going on in this small town than meets the eye.
Suspenseful and decently spooky, with a great sense of place, this is a good choice for readers who want a slightly paranormal mystery. There's a surfeit of red herrings that detracts from the big reveal, but despite that, it's a good story.
When Kate was a child, her best friend Del - a poor girl who was bullied and called the Potato Girl - was the victim of a brutal, unsolved murder. The night Kate returns home, a local teen is killed in the same way, and one of the witnesses swears that she saw the Potato Girl near the body. Who murdered the girls? Does the ghost of the Potato Girl really haunt the town? The more Kate learns, the more questions there seem to be and the only thing sure is that more is going on in this small town than meets the eye.
Suspenseful and decently spooky, with a great sense of place, this is a good choice for readers who want a slightly paranormal mystery. There's a surfeit of red herrings that detracts from the big reveal, but despite that, it's a good story.