01-19-2022, 08:55 AM
Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay
Taking a break from the Craft sequence for a bit. I came upon this author via twitter and then looking him up online. Barclay is prolific.
Broken Promise is about Promise Falls, NY a town on the way down. Jobs are disappearing. The amusement park is closed. Prospects are bleak. David Harwood takes a job at the local paper in Promise Falls to get away from the hectic pace of Boston and to spend more time with his son. The paper closes the day he shows up for work. He's forced to move in with his parents. The mystery at the heart of the story is about his cousin who ends up with a baby that isn't hers, but she thinks it is, and the murder of the baby mother. But that's just one of the weird things that is happening in the town. There are also strange events at the College. And at the shuttered Amusement Park.
But the book didn't really grab me. The writing is rather simple and straight forward, maybe that has to do with Barclay being an actual reporter as well. I guessed the who done it pretty quickly. There are seeds for the next two books in the series. Everyone seems to have a secret. From Harwood's father to the ex-mayor trying to be the next mayor to woman Harwood sleeps with. We'll see if the stories get more captivating.
Taking a break from the Craft sequence for a bit. I came upon this author via twitter and then looking him up online. Barclay is prolific.
Broken Promise is about Promise Falls, NY a town on the way down. Jobs are disappearing. The amusement park is closed. Prospects are bleak. David Harwood takes a job at the local paper in Promise Falls to get away from the hectic pace of Boston and to spend more time with his son. The paper closes the day he shows up for work. He's forced to move in with his parents. The mystery at the heart of the story is about his cousin who ends up with a baby that isn't hers, but she thinks it is, and the murder of the baby mother. But that's just one of the weird things that is happening in the town. There are also strange events at the College. And at the shuttered Amusement Park.
But the book didn't really grab me. The writing is rather simple and straight forward, maybe that has to do with Barclay being an actual reporter as well. I guessed the who done it pretty quickly. There are seeds for the next two books in the series. Everyone seems to have a secret. From Harwood's father to the ex-mayor trying to be the next mayor to woman Harwood sleeps with. We'll see if the stories get more captivating.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm