Virginia Troy could not believe that her friend Hannah Brewster
had committed suicide after setting her cabin on fire. Hannah,
an artist who had some paintings stashed in the basement of
Virginia's gallery, might have seemed a bit unstable, but
would
she have gone that far? What had troubled Virginia is that
Hannah believed she might have seen Quinton Zane. Zane was the
leader of the cult where Virginia and her mother lived;
Virginia's mother died in a fire set by the deranged Zane, but
Virginia, along with some other children, was saved. Zane
supposedly died twenty two years before, but what if he isn't?
Virginia searches for the kind police officer who had rescued
her all those years ago; Anson Salinas now has a PI firm with
his three sons, also escapees from the inferno. Virginia needs
to know what really happened to Hannah, Anson's son Cabot
Sutter is on the premises when Virginia relates her story, and
jumps at the opportunity. But uncovering the mystery of
Hannah's death is only the tip of the iceberg.
PROMISE NOT TO TELL is a suspense novel that has nearly as many
layers as there are characters, where past and present meet at
unsuspected intersections; so many people have so many secrets.
PROMISE NOT TO TELL is not fast-paced, and yet my attention
never strayed, because there is always something happening,
every character matters; everything matters! I thought the
romance between Virginia and Cabot was rather "convenient", but
they had real chemistry, the "get" each other right away
because of their shared history, and they have found someone
from whom they did not have to hide they many serious personal
issues, so the fact that the PI and his client fall for each
other didn't bother me; they were really great together. Jayne
Ann Krentz has written a very compelling and extremely well-
plotted story, which did not follow the usual script for a
"cult story", featuring exceptionally well-drawn characters
all-around.
PROMISE NOT TO TELL stands so well on its own that I had not
realized that it was part of a trilogy; this was brought to my
attention towards the fabulous ending. There was the resolution
of Virginia's quest, but also some sort of closure for Cabot,
Virginia, as well as some other characters. However, the
underlying story arc will continue in the next book, which
should prove to be as riveting as PROMISE NOT TO TELL.
A broken promise reveals a terrifying legacy in this
electrifying novel from the New York Times
bestselling author of When All the Girls Have
Gone.
A painter of fiery, nightmarish visions throws herself
into the sea—but she’ll leave some of her secrets behind...
Seattle gallery owner Virginia Troy has spent years battling
the demons that stem from her childhood time in a cult and
the night a fire burned through the compound, killing her
mother. And now one of her artists has taken her own life,
but not before sending Virginia a last picture: a painting
that makes Virginia doubt everything about the so-called
suicide—and her own past.
Like Virginia, private investigator Cabot Sutter was one of
the children in the cult who survived that fire...and only
he can help her now. As they struggle to unravel the clues
in the painting, it becomes clear that someone thinks
Virginia knows more than she does and that she must be
stopped. Thrown into an inferno of desire and deception,
Virginia and Cabot draw ever closer to the mystery of their
shared memories—and the shocking fate of the one man who
still wields the power to destroy everything they hold dear.
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