Gillian Flynn - Dark Places

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

GILLIAN FLYNN’s debut novel, Sharp Objects, was an Edgar Award finalist and the first book ever to win two of Britain’s Dagger Awards. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Brett Nolan, and a rather giant cat named Roy.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2009 by Gillian Flynn

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Shaye Areheart Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Shaye Areheart Books with colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Flynn, Gillian, 1971–

Dark places / Gillian Flynn.—1st ed.

p. cm.

1. Children of murder victims—Fiction. 2. Family—Crimes against—

Fiction. 3. Juvenile homicide—Fiction. 4. Brothers and sisters—Fiction.

5. Kansas City (Mo.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3606.L935D37 2009

813′.6—dc22 2008040244

eISBN: 978-0-307-45992-3

v3.0

Table of Contents

Cover

Other Books By This Author

Title Page

Dedication

Chapter 1 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 2 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 8:02 A.M.

Chapter 3 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 4 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 9:13 A.M.

Chapter 5 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 6 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 9:42 A.M.

Chapter 7 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 8 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 10:18 A.M.

Chapter 9 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 10 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 11:31 A.M.

Chapter 11 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 12 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 12:51 P.M.

Chapter 13 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 14 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 1:50 P.M.

Chapter 15 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 16 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 3:10 P.M.

Chapter 17 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 18 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 3:10 P.M.

Chapter 19 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 20 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 5:58 P.M.

Chapter 21 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 22 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 6:11 P.M.

Chapter 23 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 24 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 8:38 P.M.

Chapter 25 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 26 - Patty Day: January 2, 1985 9:12 P.M.

Chapter 27 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 28 - Ben Day: January 2, 1985 10:23 P.M.

Chapter 29 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 30 - Patty Day: January 3, 1985 12:01 A.M.

Chapter 31 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 32 - Ben Day: January 3, 1985 12:02 A.M.

Chapter 33 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 34 - Ben Day: January 3, 1985 1:11 A.M.

Chapter 35 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 36 - Patty Day: January 3, 1985 2:03 A.M.

Chapter 37 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 38 - Ben Day: January 3, 1985 2:12 A.M.

Chapter 39 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 40 - Calvin Diehl: January 3, 1985 4:12 A.M.

Chapter 41 - Libby Day: Now

Chapter 42 - Ben Day: Now

Chapter 43 - Libby Day: Now

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Copyright