Dark places

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were victims of what the media called "the Kinnakee, Kansas farm massacre." She survived and testified against her brother Ben, whom she identified as the culprit. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret society obsessed with famous crimes—locates a declining Libby and intends for her to help tie up the loose ends of that night, perhaps in search of some evidence that will acquit Ben. She agrees to delve into the past and reconnect with people she wished to forget, as long as she receives some form of payment in return. What Libby doesn't know is that an unimaginable truth will surface and put her back in the same situation: fleeing from death in a frantic race. "With her terrifying debut, Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn set off all the alarms. Dark Places is proof that she was serious." Val McDermid Dark Places

Technical details

Age Adults Date 42644 Dimensions 14 X 21.5 Pages 408 Binding Hardcover

About the author

Gillian Flynn, an American writer and former television critic for Entertainment Weekly, rose to fame with her novel Gone Girl, which sold over three million copies worldwide and became the new phenomenon in crime fiction. Her first novel, Sharp Objects, was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award for Best Thriller; her second, Dark Places (The Call of the Kill Club), was chosen as the favorite book of the year by New Yorker critics, best summer read by Weekend Today magazine, best book of 2009 by Publishers Weekly, and best novel by the Chicago Tribune. Flynn's novels have been published in twenty-eight countries. She currently lives in Chicago with her husband and son.