Promise Not To Tell, the debut novel from Jennifer McMahon, tells the story of a girl murdered in 1971 and a similar murder in 2002.  A nurse from Seattle tries to figure out who’s behind the current murder while dealing with her guilt from the old murder.

While this was McMahon’s first book, it was my fourth experience with her work.  You could see the beginnings of the talent that would shine through in her later works.  Not to say this wasn’t good, but it wasn’t her strongest work.  As a debut, though, it worked out pretty well.