Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

This is one of my favorite books so far this year, and I've read some pretty good ones. This novel is full of mystery and suspense and I literally could not put it down.

Dark Places is mostly narrated by Libby Day. In 1985 her mother and 2 sisters were murdered and her brother Ben was convicted of the crime. Nearly 25 years later a group of murder mystery enthusiasts convince Libby to investigate the deaths to determine if Ben was truly guilty. I say this is mostly narrated by Libby, because every other chapter is a third person flashback focusing on either Ben or Patty, Libby's mother, describing the events of the day that led up to the murders. This alternating of the narration really added to the suspense and irony of the tale, as the reader at times knows facts that Libby hasn't yet discovered.

This book was extremely well-written and way better than Flynn's first novel, Sharp Objects (which is saying a lot because I enjoyed that novel as well). This is a book I would recommend to anyone interested in a good mystery.