A woman’s past and present collide with unforeseen leads to this hauntingly gorgeous debut novel occur rural Vermont.

Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned residential to rural Vermont to care for her mom who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s. On the night time she arrives, a girl is normally murdered-a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate’s childhood. Three decades previous, her dirt-poor friend Del-shunned and derided by classmates as “Potato Woman”-was brutally slain. Del’s killer was hardly ever found, as the victim has since achieved immortality in regional legends and ghost tales. Right now, as this fresh murder investigation pulls Kate irresistibly in, her past and present collide in terrifying, unforeseen ways. Because there is nothing quite what it seems . and the grim specters of her youngsters are definately not forgotten.

More than just a murder mystery, Jennifer McMahon’s amazing debut novel, Promise Never to Tell, is a story of camaraderie and family, devotion and betrayal-tautly written, deeply insightful, beautifully evocative, and utterly unforgettable.