Dark Places: A Novel

DARK PLACES: A NOVEL

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were dispatched in “The Satan Sacrifice" of Kinnakee, Kansas.” She came through and magnificently showed that her fifteen year old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty five years later, the Kill Club a arcanum secret society ghosted with infamous crimes places Libby and hearts her for details. They hope to break validation that may free Ben. Libby hopes to turn a profit off her tragical account: She’ll reconnect with the histrions from that night and report her determinations to the club for a fee. As Libby’s search takes her from ratty Missouri cartoon strip clubs to deserted Oklahoma tourist towns, the impossible info emerges, and Libby discovers herself right back where she started on the run from a killer.

From Publishers Weekly

 

Starred follow up. Edgar finalist Flynn's second law breaking thriller tops her amazing debut, Sharp Objects. When Libby Day's mother and two older sisters were butchered in the family's Kansas farmhouse, it was seven year old Libby's testimonial that sent her 15 year old brother, Ben, to prison as life. Despairing for cash 24 years after, Libby reluctantly agrees to adjoin members of the Kill Club, real crime enthusiasts who bicker across famous cases. She's floored to learn most of them conceive Ben is innocent and the actual killer is still on the free. Though ab initio interested but in making a quick buck hocking class memorabilia, Libby is soon cast into the club's pseudo investigation, and gets to question what just she saw or didn't see the dark of the calamity. Flynn fluidly goes between cynical present day Libby and the minutes leading up to the murders direct the eyes of her house.