Dark
Places
I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered
in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little
Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some
fingers and toes, but she survived—and famously testified that her
fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben
sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by
well-wishers who’ve long forgotten her.
The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious
crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details—proof they hope may
free Ben—Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee,
she’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to
the club...and maybe she’ll admit her testimony wasn’t so solid after all.
As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to
abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the narrative flashes back to January 2,
1985. The events of that day are relayed through the eyes of Libby’s doomed
family members—including Ben, a loner whose rage over his shiftless father and
their failing farm have driven him into a disturbing friendship with the new
girl in town. Piece by piece, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds
herself right back where she started—on the run from a killer.
Gone Girl
Marriage can be a real killer.
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick
and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and
reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears
from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick
isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and
shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy's diary reveal the alpha-girl
perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting
pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting
parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate
behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a
killer?
As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how
well they know the one that they love. With his twin sister, Margo, at his
side, Nick stands by his innocence. Trouble is, if Nick didn’t do it, where is
that beautiful wife? And what was in that silvery gift box hidden in the back
of her bedroom closet?
With her razor-sharp writing and trademark
psychological insight, Gillian Flynn delivers a fast-paced, devilishly dark,
and ingeniously plotted thriller that confirms her status as one of the hottest
writers around
Sharp
Objects
WICKED above her hipbone,
GIRL across her heart
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled
past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment
from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to
her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.
NASTY on her kneecap,
BABYDOLL on her leg
Since she left town eight years ago, Camille has hardly spoken to
her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a
beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed
again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood
tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.
HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE
on her ankle
As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes,
she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues
keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle
of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will
have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this
homecoming.
With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive,
haunting, and unforgettable.
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