Dark Places: A Novel
May 2009 · Crown
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • NOW IN DEVELOPMENT AS AN HBO LIMITED SERIES
From the acclaimed author of Gone Girl, “a riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off” (Chicago Tribune)
“Sensuous and chilling . . . a propulsive and twisty mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben.
Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
From the acclaimed author of Gone Girl, “a riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off” (Chicago Tribune)
“Sensuous and chilling . . . a propulsive and twisty mystery.”—Entertainment Weekly
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben.
Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club—for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
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ScoutFinch
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13 December 2024
Imagine trying to live a life being the some survivor of a murder...well, the sole survivor that isn't in prison. Libby Day is a character to be frustrated with, sad for, and disgusted with in quick succession. Will she ever be able to live a normal life? Will she want to? It was difficult to stop reading in order to get some sleep, but at the same time, it was easy. When day turns into night, the vivid descriptions in this book leave you grimacing and feeling like someone is in the room with you. Or sometimes you feel uncomfortable just relating to the pain of growing up in the 80s.
Chase
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17 August 2024
this book will make you depressed if you are not all ready. it's just page after page after page of morbid thoughts, every character, every thought is depressing. my god! I had to stop reading it after a quarter of the way into it. I think I'll go to church now!
Zuleyma R.
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29 January 2019
This book grew on me over the time I read it. It caught my attention right off the bat, and it would not let go until I found out who the killer was. I knew I had to finish it and it did well taking the reader on a long journey to finding out the truth. In the way, there was a lot of tension building and mixed feelings. The dim gritty feel at the beginning makes you feel anxious and bothered, but you are left feeling at rest and at peace in the end. It's a good book to stir inside you misery and death.
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About the author
Gillian Flynn is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl, for which she wrote the Golden Globe–nominated screenplay; the New York Times bestsellers Dark Places and Sharp Objects; and a novella, The Grownup. A former critic for Entertainment Weekly, she lives in Chicago with her husband and children.
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