Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
After reading Gone Girl last year, I had contemplated reading Flynn's other novels. The reason I went ahead with this one is because I saw it was being made into a movie, and I wanted to read it first. This was a good decision.
The best way I can describe this is a cross between Amityville Horror (the original movie, as I have never read the book) and In Cold Blood. Reading this, you would never know it was fiction.
In the early hours of January 3, 1985, Patty, Debby, and Michelle Day were killed in their home. The youngest child, Libby, made it out safely, and the oldest child, Ben, was convicted of their murders. Twenty-five years after the murders, Libby, running out of money, is approached by a group who is convinced that Ben didn't commit the murders. Libby finds herself on a mission to find out the truth about what happened.
Flipping between the perspective of Libby in the present and Ben and Patty on that fateful day in 1985, we, the reader, finds out what really happened. There are some interesting twists and turns, as well as some disturbing imagery, but, all in all, a book that holds your attention.
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