{"product_id":"dark-places-a-novel-9780307341563","title":"Dark Places: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have a meanness inside me  real as an organ.  Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee  Kansas. As her family lay dying  little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes  but she survivedand famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother  Ben  was the killer. Twenty-five years later  Ben sits in prison  and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers whove long forgotten her.  The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for detailsproof they hope may free BenLibby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee  shell reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club . . . and maybe shell admit her testimony wasnt so solid after all.  As Libbys search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns  the narrative flashes back to January 2  1985. The events of that day are relayed through the eyes of Libbys doomed family membersincluding Ben  a loner whose rage over his shiftless father and their failing farm have driven him into a disturbing friendship with the new girl in town. Piece by piece  the unimaginable truth emerges  and Libby finds herself right back where she startedon the run from a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953154744373,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307341569","price":23.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307341563.jpg?v=1788179973","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dark-places-a-novel-9780307341563","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}