Libby 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, while Libby 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.
I did not enjoy this book as much as Gone Girl, perhaps because I had a hard time empathizing with, or even liking, any of the very flawed characters. Actually, that’s not true. The characters, and the situations which defined them, were described in such agonizing detail that feelings were raw and uncomfortable, and as events unfolded, it was almost like watching a train wreck…no good was going to come from any of it. The story moves from present to past, as told from the perspective of different characters, so that the reader understands the circumstances and thoughts of each character as the events unfold. What is amazing is that up until the very end, nobody involved in the situation-run-amok knows the totality of what happened on that night 25 years ago.
Posted By: Regina C. (submitted to Jen 5/21/18)
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