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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.

David has returned home and is stuck living with his parents along with his young son, after the job he came back to disappears. Running an errand one day, he discovers his cousin looking after a baby - strange as her child died at birth - her story of an Angel delivering the child sets David off to find the parents, but what he finds is horrific and begins a difficult chain of events.

Truly addictive is a tag that I've applied to the majority of this author's thrillers - they rock along dragging you in their wake, with twists and turns galore, some tremendously fascinating characters - and in the case of "Broken Promise" a multi layered tale encompassing not only the story at hand but setting things up for future tales from the town of Promise Falls.

The author constructs so well, each little piece of the puzzle leading into the next keeping you avidly turning the pages. 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.

I don't want to say too much on plot - the main points for Broken Promise are in the blurb - but you will find a terrifically well imagined and authentic story and one that will DEFINITELY have you dying to read the next one whenever that may be. The resolution to this specific mystery is done but oh boy, there are SO many things I'm desperate to know.

Nicely done.

Highly Recommended.

Happy Reading Folks!