Publisher: Berkley
Published: January 2, 2018
ISBN: 978-0399585272
Genre: Romantic
Suspense
Format: Print
Obtained via: Publisher
Reviewed by
name and email address: Gina myreviewbooks@aol.com
Twenty years ago cult leader Quintin Zane caused death and
destruction of the compound he built…the compound where he, in essence, held
his followers captive. A short time later Zane himself died in a boating accident…or
did he?
In the years that followed the children who escaped the inferno
Zane brought about grew up. But their
demons grew with them. The demons instilled
in their minds by Zane. Each found a
modicum of peace in their own way, but they never forgot. Virginia Troy turned to art as a dealer. Cabot Sutter turned to law enforcement. Hannah Brewster began to paint…over and over
the night of the fire and destruction of the compound. While she brings those paintings to Virginia,
they are nothing anyone would really want to buy, unless they are into a
horrific display of death and destruction.
And then one night, Quintin returns…and once again destroys.
I was eager to dig into Jayne Ann Krenz’s newest read, PROMISE
NOT TO TELL. I was, sadly, disappointed
and spent some time deciding if it was a 2-1/2 or 3 heart read. The writing is good. No rambling, no head hops, it reads really
well.
The story line really pulled me in. The whisper of a resurrected cult or its
leader, a series of mysterious deaths, a woman determined to find the
truth. There was pretty much non-stop
action from the opening scene until the very end.
It was very much the way I felt about Krenz’s earlier book,
SECRET SISTERS. There were several
scenes when I felt like I was re-reading SECRET SISTERS because of the setting
and actions of the characters. It IS a
different book, just very similar. The
other thing that turned me off is the “cliffhanger” ending – which is no real
ending at all. While it worked well in
the ‘80’s on Dallas with “who killed JR”, those kinds of “wait till the next
book to find out the answer” does not work well in books, at least for me. Rather it makes it look like the author is
doing it just to get the reader to buy the next book.
When I picked up PROMISE NOT TO TELL I did not realize it was
the second book in a series. Krentz tells the story, however, so that it is a standalone. There is just enough of the backstory to
Cutler, Sutter and Salinas that you feel you know the three principals. She does tell a good story.
This is an objective review and not an endorsement of
this book.
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