博客來7歲那年，麗比．天的媽媽和姊姊死於「堪薩斯瘋狂殺人事件」。就在兇手大開殺戒之時，小麗比從小小的農宅逃了出去，還上法庭作證，說15歲的哥哥班恩就是兇手，並因此聲名大噪。25年後，靠著慈善捐獻過活的麗比發現，世人已漸漸遺忘她的存在，捐款日漸稀少，眼看就要用完了……
就在這時，殺手俱樂部登場。這個病態的地下組織，對於惡名昭彰的犯罪事件特別感興趣。他們找上麗比，想從她嘴裡證實班恩的無辜，麗比則想趁機大撈一筆。她要求俱樂部出錢，讓她調查當年捲入這樁滅門血案的人物，並允諾定期向俱樂部回報……或許，她會坦承當年的證詞充滿漏洞。
隨著調查行動展開，麗比發現自己回到故事的起點－－她最崇拜的哥哥身上。
I 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 survived–and 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 who’ve long forgotten her.
The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details–proof they hope may free Ben–Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee, she’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club . . . and maybe she’ll admit her testimony wasn’t so solid after all.
As Libby’s 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 Libby’s doomed family members–including 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 started–on the run from a killer.
★本書中譯版《暗處》由木馬文化出版。
作者簡介
吉莉安．弗琳（Gillian Flynn）
出生於密蘇里州堪薩斯市，父母皆是社區大學教授。在雙親的影響下，她從小就在書籍和電影的浸潤中成長。堪薩斯大學畢業後她進入加州的雜誌媒體，之後移居至芝加哥，在西北大學取得新聞學碩士學位，進入《娛樂週刊》（Entertainment Weekly）工作，曾經在世界各地的拍片現場採訪。
她於2006年推出首部小說作品《利器》，立即得到史蒂芬．金、哈藍．科本、薇兒．麥克德米等文壇巨匠的高度推薦，同時入圍艾倫坡小說獎決選。接著，《利器》創下了史上首度同時獲得兩座英國匕首獎的罕見記錄：年度新人獎及佛萊明鋼匕首獎。全球各主要國家紛紛出版該書，目前已在20餘國發行，而電影版權售出後作者本人更獲邀擔任此片的劇本改編工作。
吉莉安．弗琳目前已出版《利器》和《暗處》兩部小說，兩書均受到推理文壇與媒體的好評，史蒂芬．金、哈藍．科本、薇兒．麥克德米都稱讚她高明的書寫功力。目前她正在創作第三部小說。
GILLIAN FLYNN’s debut novel, Sharp Objects, was an Edgar Award finalist and the winner of two of Britain’s Dagger Awards. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Brett Nolan, and a rather giant cat named Roy.
