Libby Day is the sole survivor of the Prairie Massacre. Her brother allegedly killed her mom and her two sisters. At eighteen she inherited $321,374, "the result of all those will-wishers who'd read about [her] sad story..." Now, at 31, the cash is almost gone. After a childhood of being passed around among poor relations throughout the Midwest, she has settled in a miserable section of Kansas City, Missouri. To assuage her money shortage, she agrees to attend a meeting of the Kill Club - a group of solvers and enthusiasts of famous murders. Members of the group are willing to pay her to delve into that night of madness and secure release for Ben, her brother, whom they believe to be innocent.
Told alternately between then and now, and from various points of view, this is a riveting saga of a family with more than its share of problems, a teenage boy who struggles to define himself under cruel circumstances, a desperate young mother, a crazy rich girl, a devil-worshiping wanna be drug runner, and a grown woman determined to uncover the truth...for enough money...
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