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Reissue of Flynn's gripping 2nd novel, now with a fresh new cover look. Libby Day was just 7 years old when her older brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Her evidence helped to put him away, but was he really capable of murder?
Synopsis
Your brother murdered your family. Your evidence put him away. But what if he didn't do it? The thrilling new novel from the award-winning author of SHARP OBJECTS.
Book Details
Publisher:
PHOENIX HOUSE
Publication Date:
10-Jun-2010
ISBN:
9780753827031
Guardian review
Dark Places
Laura Wilson the guardian Fri 15 May 2009
Professional victim Libby Day is sullen and unlovable, even to herself - she has, literally, fed off the murder of her mother and sisters all her life, living on donations made by well-wishers. They were killed when she was seven years old, and it was her testimony that sent her 15-year-old brother Ben, a devil-worshipping misfit, to prison for the crimes.
Aged 31, with the fund running low, Libby accepts an invitation from the creepy Kill Club, a group obsessed with true crimes. Their belief in Ben's innocence makes her question her own version of the past, and she begins to investigate. Set in the American midwest, Flynn's second novel is a wonderful evocation of drab small-town life. The time-split narrative works superbly, and the atmosphere is eerily macabre - Dark Places is even better than the author's award-winning Sharp Objects
Laura Wilson's Stratton's War is published by Orion.
