Friday Fiction: Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (May 2009)

Libby Day was only a 7-year-old child when her mother and sisters were brutally murdered on their Kinnakee, Kansas farm.

Although she escaped with her life in tact, that wasn’t true for her emotional and mental state.

And now 24 years later, with her life a mess around her, Libby has been forgotten and the pity cash she received from strangers has stopped rolling in.

It’s time to grow up and take responsibility for herself.

But before she gives actual employment a try, there’s a last ditch effort to make some fast cash: play detective for a small, secret society known as Kill Club.

To earn this money Libby must resurrect the ghosts of her past; including meeting with her brother Ben, who stands tried and convicted of his family’s murder and is currently serving a life sentence behind bars.

Based on her testimony!

Sometimes it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie, as Libby learns when she finds herself facing harsh realities about her family that she was sheltered from as a child – and finds herself in the sights of a killer….again.

Dark Places is a fast-paced read, with gripping, riveting present to past chapter alterations that make this book difficult to put down.

For only a second time author, Gillian Flynn produces an awesome thriller that leaves even the most critical of readers wanting more.