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THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON

''Eerily macabre... Wonderful'' Guardian
''A nerve-fraying thriller'' New York Times
''Every bit as horribly fascinating as In Cold Blood'' Daily Mail

Libby Day was seven when her family was murdered: she survived by hiding in a closet - and famously testified that her older brother Ben was the killer.

Twenty-five years later the Kill Club - a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes - gets in touch with Libby to try to discover proof that may free Ben. Almost broke, Libby agrees to go back to her hometown to investigate - for a fee.

But when Libby''s search uncovers an unimaginable truth, she finds herself right back where she started: on the run from a killer.


THE ORIGINAL #1 BESTSELLER, BY THE AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL

''I wou

Trade Review

A NEW YORKER 'REVIEWERS' FAVORITE'
A WEEKEND TODAY 'TOP SUMMER READ'
CHICAGO TRIBUNE 'BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR'


Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre -- Stephen King
Gillian Flynn's writing is compulsively good. I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer -- Kate Atkinson
With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the ground running. Dark Places demonstrates that was no fluke -- Val McDermid
Dark Places grips you from the first page and doesn't let go -- Karin Slaughter
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. * Guardian *
This is only Flynn's second crime novel . . . and demonstrates even more forcibly her precocious writing ability and talent for the macabre * Daily Mail *
Dark Places, Flynn's second novel, confirms her exceptional talent * Times Literary Supplement *
Gutsy, atmospheric and suspense-loaded * Woman & Home *
Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma. * New Yorker *
Gutsy thriller of one woman pitted against her murderous brother. * WOMAN & HOME *
In a brilliantly interwoven plot, Gillian Flynn keeps the reader balanced on a knife-edge * TANGLED WEB *
Gillian Flynn is a great writer, equally able to ratchet up the suspense as creaet memorable characters and pervasive moods. This is a great and original piece of rural noir. * CATHOLIC HERALD *

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    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 10/06/2010
    ISBN13: 9780753827031, 978-0753827031
    ISBN10: 0753827034

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON

    ''Eerily macabre... Wonderful'' Guardian
    ''A nerve-fraying thriller'' New York Times
    ''Every bit as horribly fascinating as In Cold Blood'' Daily Mail

    Libby Day was seven when her family was murdered: she survived by hiding in a closet - and famously testified that her older brother Ben was the killer.

    Twenty-five years later the Kill Club - a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes - gets in touch with Libby to try to discover proof that may free Ben. Almost broke, Libby agrees to go back to her hometown to investigate - for a fee.

    But when Libby''s search uncovers an unimaginable truth, she finds herself right back where she started: on the run from a killer.


    THE ORIGINAL #1 BESTSELLER, BY THE AUTHOR OF GONE GIRL

    ''I wou

    Trade Review

    A NEW YORKER 'REVIEWERS' FAVORITE'
    A WEEKEND TODAY 'TOP SUMMER READ'
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE 'BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR'


    Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre -- Stephen King
    Gillian Flynn's writing is compulsively good. I would rather read her than just about any other crime writer -- Kate Atkinson
    With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the ground running. Dark Places demonstrates that was no fluke -- Val McDermid
    Dark Places grips you from the first page and doesn't let go -- Karin Slaughter
    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. * Guardian *
    This is only Flynn's second crime novel . . . and demonstrates even more forcibly her precocious writing ability and talent for the macabre * Daily Mail *
    Dark Places, Flynn's second novel, confirms her exceptional talent * Times Literary Supplement *
    Gutsy, atmospheric and suspense-loaded * Woman & Home *
    Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma. * New Yorker *
    Gutsy thriller of one woman pitted against her murderous brother. * WOMAN & HOME *
    In a brilliantly interwoven plot, Gillian Flynn keeps the reader balanced on a knife-edge * TANGLED WEB *
    Gillian Flynn is a great writer, equally able to ratchet up the suspense as creaet memorable characters and pervasive moods. This is a great and original piece of rural noir. * CATHOLIC HERALD *

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