50bookchallenge, 15000pages
Book #33 -- Jennifer McMahon, Promise Not to Tell, 250 pages.
A murder mystery/ghost story that will tie you to your seat. Read the whole thing in one sitting. When Kate was 10 years old, her best friend Del, who came from a poor family and whom all the kids called "the Potato Girl", was murdered. Now, 30 years later, Kate comes home to take care of her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. The very night she arrives, another girl is murdered the exact same way as Del -- strangled, with a square of skin over her heart removed. The more superstitious folks are blaming the Potato Girl, come back for revenge on the town that teased and belittled her. Kate doesn't believe in ghosts, but when odd things start happening, messages appearing referring to things only she and Del knew, she realises she might have to rethink her convictions.
Progress toward goals: 104/366 = 28.4%
Books: 33/150 = 22.0%
Pages: 9666/50000 = 19.3%
2008 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven
A murder mystery/ghost story that will tie you to your seat. Read the whole thing in one sitting. When Kate was 10 years old, her best friend Del, who came from a poor family and whom all the kids called "the Potato Girl", was murdered. Now, 30 years later, Kate comes home to take care of her mother, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. The very night she arrives, another girl is murdered the exact same way as Del -- strangled, with a square of skin over her heart removed. The more superstitious folks are blaming the Potato Girl, come back for revenge on the town that teased and belittled her. Kate doesn't believe in ghosts, but when odd things start happening, messages appearing referring to things only she and Del knew, she realises she might have to rethink her convictions.
Progress toward goals: 104/366 = 28.4%
Books: 33/150 = 22.0%
Pages: 9666/50000 = 19.3%
2008 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven