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People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up

Richard Lloyd Parry

454 pages first pub 2010 (view editions)

nonfiction true crime dark informative mysterious medium-paced
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Readers who are drawn to meticulously researched true crime narratives that explore the psychological depths of both victims and perpetrators, set against the backdrop of a foreign culture's legal and social complexities, will find this book compelling.

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Lucie Blackman--tall, blond, twenty-one years old--stepped out into the vastness of Tokyo in the summer of 2000, and disappeared forever. The following winter, her dismembered remains were found buried in a seaside cave. Richard Lloyd Parry, an aw...

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3.7
based on 3,013 reviews

Moods

dark: 94%

informative: 61%

sad: 54%

mysterious: 42%

emotional: 32%

tense: 32%

challenging: 21%

reflective: 14%

adventurous: 2%


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