Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - Book Review

At seven years old, Libby Day’s mother and two sisters were murdered in what became known as the ‘Satan sacrifice’ of kinnakee, Kansas.

Although Libby famously survived, it was her testimony that solved the case, the killer was her brother. Twenty-five years later, Libby is a down on her luck, depressed adult, intent on turning a profit off her tragic history, a past she hasn’t been able to move past.

When the killing club—a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—contacts her for more details, she agrees to help for a fee, and as her search takes her back down familiar roads, Libby finds out that the truth is nothing at all like she believed.

Before Gone Girl, Flynn released two books. Dark places were one of them. Although it wouldn’t go one to be as successful as Gone Girl, largely due to the hit big-screen adaptation, it is equally as dark, and just as twisted.