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All the Colors of the Dark: A Read with Jenna Pick

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD • From the author of We Begin at the End comes a soaring thriller and an epic love story that “hits like a sledgehammer . . . an absolutely must-read novel” (Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl).

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The Boston Globe’s #1 Thriller/Mystery of 2024 So Far
A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews


“Kept me frantically turning the pages and somehow made me cry at the end . . . Brava!”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women

“Melds tense suspense with a powerful exploration of devotion, obsession, and love.”—People (Best New Books)

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.

When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake.

Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.

A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.

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Published Jun 25, 2024

608 pages

Average rating: 7.79

2,462 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

Andrea-The Shelf Life Books
Jul 03, 2025
8/10 stars
I read We Begin at the End in 2020 and loved it. It was one of my top reads for 2020. All the Colors of the Dark is another fantastic read. The way that Whitaker can make you care for his characters is phenomenal. I am going to do a very brief review on this amazing book, only to let you experience it.

Set in the span from 1975 to 2001. It is set in the town of Monta Clare, Missouri. Girls from this area have been disappearing. All the Colors of the Dark is told from a dual narrative. We hear from thirteen-year-old Patch, the pirate who saves a wealthy classmate from a serial killer and goes missing instead, and his best friend Saint, the beekeeper. The morning that she lost her bees, The one-eyed pirate Patch is kidnapped. Saint can’t believe Patch would just give up and die, so she tries with everything to find him.

Over the next 25 years, we watch as America goes through changing times, and the effect that has on the people in Monta Clare. This is not only a thriller/mystery, but of a wonderful coming of age story. It kept me enthralled until the last sentence. Oh and that sentence…wow.
monicaroush
Apr 08, 2025
7/10 stars
7, 9,7,8.5,9,7.5,9,9,8.5,8,9
ElleBelleReads
Apr 03, 2025
8/10 stars
The mystery was great, but the coming of age and family/relationship saga was the main feature. Really beautiful storytelling. Heartbreaking, but beautiful.
boyleschris
Mar 16, 2025
Barb's recommendation.
lovebookscs
Mar 06, 2025
3/10 stars
Girl disappears and local boy finds her.

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