Promise Not To Tell
Woo! Last book for January is Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon. Kate Cypher narrates this ghost story set in two whens: in 1971, Kate’s best friend in fifth grade is murdered, and in 2002 — on the night Kate returns to her hometown after years away — another young girl is killed in much the same manner. Suspicion swirls around Kate, and she must revisit her past and the role she played in her friend’s death in order to untangle the more recent events and help catch the killer.
While a few of the characters felt pretty flat, this story had a couple of pretty good twists to it — enough to keep me guessing up until the last chapter or two, when all is revealed. The dual timeline device worked surprisingly well, and the story was involving enough to keep me occupied for an evening. I was impressed by how well McMahon was able to capture Kate, her best friend Del, and their classmates in this book. While the children were incredibly cruel at times, it’s a fairly good look at that awkward trying-to-fit-in phase that a lot of kids go through. Overall, Promise Not To Tell isn’t one of the best mystery / suspense novels out there, but it’s far from the worst.
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