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In the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. Thirteen-year-old Patch Macauley, a one-eyed misfit with a good heart, becomes an unlikely hero when he stops a kidnapping. But his act of courage sets off a chain of events that will scar the town—and everyone who loves him. By the time the police arrive, Patch has vanished, leaving behind only a bloodied T-shirt and a whole lot of questions.
Over the next twenty-five years, his best friend, Saint Brown, can’t let go of what happened. Her search for answers takes her from small-town Missouri to the FBI, where her past still shadows every step. Meanwhile, Patch endures his own nightmare in captivity, trapped in a world of trauma and obsession—and the thread of a serial killer ties them together in ways they can’t escape.
Whitaker is a gifted writer with gorgeous sentences and an impressive turn of phrase. The prose shines, even when the story turns bleak. Still, the short, quick chapters made it feel choppy at times, and the length dragged. All the Colors of the Dark is dark, violent, and heartbreaking—beautifully written but emotionally heavy. I prefer not to read about serial killers and other themes presented in the book (real life is hard enough), so I needed a deep breath after I turned the last page.