Broken Promise (Promise Falls, #1)

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Isbn:9781409146476
Author:Linwood Barclay
Pages:499
Publisher:Orion

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.From the New York Times--bestselling author of No Safe House comes the first novel in an explosive trilogy about the disturbing secrets of a quiet small town. After his wifes death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he cant find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, Davids cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when Davids mother asks him to check on her, hes horrified to discover that shes been secretly raising a child who is not her own--a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the babys real mother is found murdered, David cant help wanting to piece together what happened--even if it means proving his own cousins guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marlas mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past . . . in blood.