Description: Franscell was just a child when a brutal crime shattered his close-knit Casper, Wyoming, community in 1973, ending the life of one friend and forever changing the life of another. Franscell returns to examine the widespread effect of evil and its poisonous effect on the people and town of Casper.
Brief description: Ron Franscell is a journalist whose work regularly appears in publications such as the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, San Jose Mercury-News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. He is also a novelist, whose books include Angel Fire and The Deadline. He grew up in Wyoming and currently lives in Texas.
Review Quotes:
"Heartbreaking...not unlike Truman Capote's In Cold Blood." --Chicago Sun-Times
"This uncommon story has every chilling component of human terror, drama and suspense that readers of true crime look for... I highly recommend this engaging book." --Vincent Bugliosi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Helter Skelter "This is a very, very, good book... written by a very, very, good writer." --Ann Rule, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Beside Me and Green River Running Red "It will haunt you long after you've read it. A remarkable achievement." --C.J. BOX, bestselling author of Free Fire and Blue Heaven and Wyoming native "Stand[s] out from the legion of true-crime books. The author here was an affected bystander, not a neutral observer... In the end, [The Darkest Night] is too horrifying to try to explain." --Denver Post