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Broken promise

Barclay, Linwood (author.).

Summary: "After his wife's 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 can't find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devasting miscarriage, David's cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David's mother asks him to check on her, he's horrified to discover that she's been secretly raising a child who is not her own - a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the baby's real mother is found murdered, David can't help wanting to piece together what happened - even if it means proving his own cousin's guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla's 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 as infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of the past...in blood."

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  • ISBN: 9780385685207
  • Physical Description: 500 pages ; 24cm.
    regular print
    print
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : Doubleday Canada, 2015.
Subject: New York (State) -- Fiction
Homecoming -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Small town life -- Fiction
Widowers -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
City and town life -- Fiction
Genre: Suspense fiction.
Psychological thriller.
Canadian fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Terrace Public Library BAR (Text) 35151001013309 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: "After his wife's 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 can't find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devasting miscarriage, David's cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David's mother asks him to check on her, he's horrified to discover that she's been secretly raising a child who is not her own - a baby she claims was a gift from an "angel" left on her porch. When the baby's real mother is found murdered, David can't help wanting to piece together what happened - even if it means proving his own cousin's guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla's 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 as infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of the past...in blood."

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