{"product_id":"dark-places-paperback","title":"Dark Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - From the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and the basis for the major motion picture starring Charlize Theron\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLibby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in \"The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.\" She survived--and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club--a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes--locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to discover proof that may free Ben. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibby hopes to turn a profit off her tragic history: She'll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club--for a fee. As Libby's search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started--on the run from a killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eDark Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] nerve-fraying thriller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Flynn's well-paced story deftly shows the fallibility of memory and the lies a child tells herself to get through a trauma.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gillian Flynn coolly demolished the notion that little girls are made of sugar and spice in \u003ci\u003eSharp Objects\u003c\/i\u003e, her sensuous and chilling first thriller. In \u003ci\u003eDark Places\u003c\/i\u003e, her equally sensuous and chilling follow-up, Flynn . . . has conjured up a whole new crew of feral and troubled young females. . . . [A] propulsive and twisty mystery.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Flynn follows her deliciously creepy \u003ci\u003eSharp Objects\u003c\/i\u003e with another dark tale . . . The story, alternating between the 1985 murders and the present, has a tense momentum that works beautifully. And when the truth emerges, it's so macabre not even twisted little Libby Day could see it coming.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (4 stars)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Crackles with peevish energy and corrosive wit.\" \u003cb\u003e--Dallas Morning News\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A riveting tale of true horror by a writer who has all the gifts to pull it off.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's Flynn's gift that she can make a caustic, self-loathing, unpleasant protagonist someone you come to root for.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] gripping thriller.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gillian Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre.\"\u003cb\u003e--Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGILLIAN FLYNN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eDark Places\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSharp Objects\u003c\/i\u003e. A former writer and critic for \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, she lives in Chicago with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dark Places\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227328233721,"sku":"9780307341570","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NmdRaSswcnhSUHl0MzQ2cVk1M2t4dz09.webp?v=1768279488","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dark-places-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}