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"From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes an epic novel about a man fixated on finding a missing woman and the FBI agent on his tail, who might be even more obsessed than he is.”

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.

  • About the Book

    In 1975 in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, there are the haves and the have-nots. Patch and Saint are two adolescents who are definitely in the have-nots. Patch was born with one eye, and is being raised by a single mother, though often it seems like he is raising her. Saint’s sole parent is her grandmother, a woman the other kids make fun of because she has short hair and is a bus driver. Patch has his stories about pirates to keep him company, and Saint has her bees.

    When the two of them meet, it is clear they have found their person. But their love means different things to each of them, and over the course of their lifetimes one will gain strength from it, the other heartbreak.

    When Patch saves the daughter of a wealthy family from being kidnapped, an unlikely hero emerges. And in that one moment the lives of everyone around him will be altered, never to be the same again.

    Chris Whitaker has written a novel that has been hailed as a masterpiece—and rightfully so. All the Colors of the Dark shows the cost of keeping things hidden, how love can grow stronger over the years, about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope.

  • About the Author

    Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls, and the New York Times bestseller We Begin at the End. Chris lives in the UK.

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