Promise Me

IthasbeensixyearssinceentertainmentagentMyronBolitarlastplayedsuperhero.Insixyearshehasn’tthrownapunch.Hehasn’theld,muchlessfired,agun.Hehasn’tcalledhisfriendWin,stillthescariestmanheknows,tobackhimuporgethimoutoftrouble.Allthatisabouttochange...becauseofapromise.Theschoolyearisalmostover.Anxiousfamiliesawaitwordofcollegeacceptances.Intheselastpressure-cookermonthsofhighschool,somekidswillmaketheall-too-commonandall-too-dangerousmistakeofdrinkinganddriving.ButMyronisdeterminedtohelpkeephisfriends’childrensafe,sohemakestwoneighborhoodgirlspromisehim:Iftheyareeverinabindbutareafraidtocalltheirparents,theymustcallhim.Severalnightslater,thecallcomesat2:00am,andtruetohisword,MyronpicksuponeofthegirlsinmidtownManhattananddriveshertoaquietcul-de-sacinNewJerseywhereshesaysherfriendlives.Thenextday,thegirl’sparentsdiscoverthattheirdaughterismissing.AndthatMyronwasthelastpersontoseeher.Desperatetofulfillawell-intentionedpromiseturnednightmarishlywrong,Myronracestofindherbeforeshe’sgoneforever.Buthispastwillnotbeburiedsoeasily-fortroublehasalwaysstalkedhim,andhislovedonesoftensuffer.NowMyronmustdecideonceandforallwhoheisandwhathewillstandupforifheistohaveanyhopeofsavingayounggirl’slife.“HarlanCobenisthemodernmasterofthehook-and-twist-luringyouinonthefirstpage,onlytoshockyouonthelast.”-DanBrown,authorofTheDaVinciCode