Reading order · 4 books · 2010 to 2016 · Set in the fictional Promise Falls, New York
Promise Falls Books in Order
The Promise Falls books are set in a small town in upstate New York, where a string of strange incidents begins to seem connected. Detective Barry Duckworth and reporter David Harwood are at the centre of the story.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 2010 to 2016
- First book
- Never Look Away
- Latest
- The Twenty-Three (2016)
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Promise Falls, New York
The reading order
Every Promise Falls book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in the fictional Promise Falls, New York
- 1Never Look Away2010With David HarwoodReporter David Harwood takes his wife and son to an amusement park for the day, and his wife disappears.Buy on Amazon
- 2Broken Promise2015With David HarwoodDavid Harwood, back in Promise Falls after losing his newspaper job, finds his troubled cousin Marla caring for a baby she says was left on her doorstep, and the baby’s mother is found dead.Buy on Amazon
- 3Far From True2016After a drive-in cinema screen collapses and kills four people, the daughter of one victim hires private investigator Cal Weaver to look into a break-in at her father’s house.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Twenty-Three2016A flu-like illness strikes dozens of people in Promise Falls, and Cal Weaver and Detective Barry Duckworth suspect the town’s water has been poisoned.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Never Look Away introduces several characters, then Broken Promise, Far From True and The Twenty-Three form a trilogy that should be read in order.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | David Harwood | Barry Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Never Look Away | LLead | MMajor |
| 2 Broken Promise | LLead | MMajor |
| 3 Far From True | MMajor | |
| 4 The Twenty-Three | MMajor |
Characters in the Promise Falls books
2 characters from Linwood Barclay’s chart, with the number of Promise Falls books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| David HarwoodReporter returning home | 2 | Never Look Away 2010 |
| Barry DuckworthPromise Falls detective | 4 | Never Look Away 2010 |