Gillian Flynn's Dark Places
Flynn's first novel, Sharp Objects, was one of my favorites of 2006. Her second is in the same mold, centering on a young woman whose family was slaughtered when she was a little kid, and her brother went to prison for the deed. Stuck for money, she gets involved with a group of true crime aficionados who swear her brother is innocent and who pay her to talk to people from her past. The novel switches back and forth between present day and the day of the murders, to great effect, and the end is definitely satisfying. I realize this description must read kind of boring, but the book was really totally awesome and I highly recommend it. A. (I'm categorizing it as a mystery since it pretty much is one, but in the literary/psychological/Kate Atkinson style.)
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