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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Slow burning thriller looking at the eclectic folk and hidden secrets of the down-at-heel small town of Promise Falls.
By MRS V L HALL
The fictional town of Promise Falls situated in Upstate New York and just north of Albany is the setting for Broken Promise, the first novel in what is set to be a trilogy. This small town should however come with a health warning: this being that all those who stray into the enclave will swiftly find their lives on a downward trajectory. Think life has dealt you a raw deal? Wait until you meet unemployed journalist David Harwood, a single father to a nine-year-old son, Ethan who finds himself living back in his childhood home (and single bed) that he last occupied twenty years ago. After losing his wife five years earlier, David Harwood has uprooted his son from Boston to his home town and the more manageable hours as a reporter on the Promise Falls Standard, temporarily living with his parents. Locally referred to as the Substandard in reference to its falling circulation and flagging ambitions, when the newspaper folds on the first day of his new employment, it lives up to its billing! An unemployed single father, without a place of his own to reside and not getting any younger he is a great catch as father, Don, is quick to point out.Although David, narrator for half of this story, let's drop that within a couple of hours "all hell broke loose", this is a real slow burner of a novel which introduces a host of oddballs and reprobates who have gravitated to the town. In what has been a mass migration from the now economically deprived town and with workplaces collapsing by the day, job prospects are scarce for David. There is no doubt about it, Promise Falls better days are firmly in the past and finding work as an ex reporter isn't likely. Running an errand and delivering frozen pre-prepared meals to his cousin, Marla Pickens, on behalf of his mother he discovers that she is secretly harbouring a child, and most definitely not her own child. After losing her own baby during childbirth and descending into emotional instability, Marla has been "handled with care" by family and her attempt to kidnap a child from the hospitals maternity ward is a family secret. Simply telling David that the child is called Matthew, she relates the story of the "angel" that brought him into her care.Espying blood smeared on the front door and stroller, David tries to be rational, calling his mother and then locating an addressed flyer to Mrs Rosemary Gaynor attached to the stroller. Is she Matthew's mother? Marla says she doesn't know the woman and David decides to try and bring events under control by returning to the home of the Gaynor family and hoping to jog her memory. Arriving at the residence along with Bill Gaynor, the discovery that the mother of the child has been brutally stabbed to death leaves Marla as prime suspect. Aunt Agnes, the indomitable matriarch of the Pickens clan swiftly attempt to steer Marla clear of trouble, engaging the best lawyer and stressing the mental fragility of her daughter's state. Self-important and brash, she doesn't actually connect very much with her daughter or the wider family as she attempts to fan the flames of the fire. When David's mother presses him to prove Marla's innocence and ask questions around the town, in essence what his whole career has been about, he is initially reluctant but slowly consumed by events in the town where the Marla situation is not the only bizarre going on. More to this point, does David really want to end up facing the consequences of his cousin being a killer?Alongside the Marla thread several other stories are worked into the narrative, from the disgraced ex-mayor of Promise Falls and magnate of a water-bottling company, Randall Findlay, attempting to curry favour and use his money to buy back his former status. He thinks he can power the town back to its boom era, even getting the mothballed theme park back up and running again. When Finlay discovers twenty-three dead squirrels strung up along the park fence he calls Detective Barry Duckworth who visits the nearby Thackeray College in a quest for information, only to be casually informed of the sexual predator attempting to assault female students on the grounds at night. Then another altogether creepy discovery comes to light as the retired Ferris wheel at the Five Mountains theme park is found in operation, giving three naked mannequins a free ride with a very ominous warning written across their chests.Half-way through Broken Promise, I still didn't feel that there was a killer hook, but instead Barclay is a whole lot more ingenious and delivers an utterly fascinating take on the humdrum life and goings on in the area, placing irons in fires and keeping them smoking, but without the blue touch paper really setting them alight. This is a book that fits into the nosy neighbour category, and delivers a whole host of brewing storylines without much actually happening. 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. The author is also exceptionally good at diverting the readers attention and running the more routine aspects of his characters lives alongside the more pivotal events, such as Ethan's school fight, to the tasty banana bread that Duckworth is given at the home of a witness and his losing battle with his weight. Unfolding over the course of a weekend - just two days, rather unbelievably - leading up to the Memorial Day weekend in May this is a fast and furious car crash take on life in a down-at-heel town.By and large the characters are cleverly portrayed, but perhaps a little too transparent, from Detective Barry Duckworth the long serving well-intentioned and ultimate Mr Nice Guy cop to the deposed mayor Randall Finlay who oozes slime! He is comically corrupt and the epitomise of an odious cretin whose wealth has ushered him into the corridors of power, a proverbial "big swinging dick" to coin the phrase. David seemed a little unemotional, less shocked by his discoveries at cousin Marla's house than you might expect, but by and large I thought Barclay introduced some interesting folk.I know that the general consensus amongst the readers of this novel was that stretching over five-hundred pages it was a little lengthy, but in contrast to that opinion, I rather admired the gradual slow burn of Broken Promise and the livelihood of the unfortunate denizen who habituate the town. Different to his usual fast and furious killer hook from the off, I applauded the intelligent style which as a writer must employ reserves of patience. This is a trilogy that I look forward to following through its changing times, getting to know the residents and the characters who managed to keep popping up in my head, even after I had turned the final page of this novel After venturing to Promise Falls, I will never complain about life being dull in suburbia! This is the perfect excuse to start taking a closer look at the everyday folk that you nod to when passing on the street.. After all, some secrets are very well hidden..This is a very compelling thriller and admittedly though it wasn't hard to foresee much of what panned out, mainly due to the weak characterisation and the bad guys practically wearing a label, it is a convincing introduction to the washed up town of Promise Falls. The loose threads in the run up to the close of Broken Promise are an excellent reason to continue with this trilogy and I shall be with it all the way. There are plot holes and obvious clues through the course of this novel, but with a varied and diverse cast all with threads of their own unravelling, there is also a lot to enjoy. Next up is Far From True, the second in the series, and a chance to pull some loose ends together and shed a little more light onto life in Promise Falls. I cannot wait!Review written by Rachel Hall (@hallrachel)

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
I read them in the wrong order!
By christine
Although I read part 2 before I read this one, I really enjoyed picking up the threads. Linwood Barclay is a great story teller and the characters are very engaging ..... whether loving or hating them. Promise Falls feels like a real place, although living there is decidedly risky. Looking forward to reading part 3 - already on my bedside table.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Good read
By Mrs C Hutchinson.
Another well told story by Linwood Barclay. The story revolves around a baby given to a cousin of the writer and the search to find its parents which of course leads to enough twists and turns to keep you turning the pages.

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