num_pages: 484
description: From New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay comes an explosive novel set in the peaceful small town of Promise Falls where secrets can always be buriedbut never forgottenAfter 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 owna 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 happenedeven 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 pastin blood.
language: English
title: Broken Promise
publisher: Berkley