Plenty of good old-fashioned murders, extortion, kidnappings and police work, to be sure, but readers will also discover a novel full of cerebral shudders, bone-deep frissons and eye-blinking “What the hell was that all about? It is unpredictable, especially in this case the wider plot that will obviously continue - here I was especially fond of David as an anchor character for everything else, he is very likeable and easy to travel the road with so I hope he continues to be our main point of reference.

Of course, her mom is the hospital administrator and takes care of covering things, as she is all about control and appearances. There is a greater lean towards mystery, with a multitude of characters harbouring dark secrets and chequered pasts. If that isn't crazy enough, there is a nutso on the loose either raping women, leaving dead squirrels tied up to trees, or mannequins on rides at a bankrupt amusement park.I did figure out one of the crimes before the end, but I was happy to discover that I was not completely right.

Despite Marla's ongoing thread, very little progress is made in getting to the bottom of it until the later stages of Promise Falls, whilst Barclay is just as focused on introducing other characters and their personal stories.It still held lots of mystery and a bad ass antagonist who would stop at nothing to cover his tracks. a relentless white-knuckle ride of a thriller, set in the fictional small American town of Promise Falls. Broken Promise see's the indomitable Linwood Barclay back on top form - in this case starting a series which having read this makes me VERY happy. Marla’s story as to how she came to have the child --- left at her home by a woman dressed in white --- doesn’t quite pass David’s truth detector.

I think that each character was very well done with a distinct voice and each point of view added to the overall story. Meanwhile, a college student has been murdered, and Detective Barry Duckworth recognizes a killer’s handiwork from the unsolved homicides of two women in town.Even though the formula can be applied to all his thrillers, I get sucked in by the obscure path every time, and I love it.