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All the Colors of the Dark is Read With Jenna’s highest rated thriller
After penning popular titles like “Tall Oaks” and “All the Wicked Girls,” “All the Colors of the Dark” is Chris Whitaker’s most ambitious novel to date — and the rare thriller to be chosen as Read With Jenna’s July 2024 pick. The story opens in a small Missouri town in 1975, where a girl named Misty narrowly escapes abduction. Her would-be rescuer, a boy named Patch, isn’t so lucky.
From there, the story spans across decades and lives, returning to the people pulled into that act of violence. Misty must live with its echo, and Saint, Patch’s best friend, never stops searching. For almost 600 pages, the story teeters on the edges of genre, folding together elements of mystery, crime, literary fiction, historical drama, and romance. As one Goodreads fan put it: “The author’s masterful storytelling, evocative prose and the emotional depth and insight with which he touches upon themes of love and friendship, sacrifice, resilience, trauma and healing, guilt and redemption render this an incredibly moving story.”
The novel left such an impression on Bush Hager that she’s now producing a screen adaptation through “Thousand Voices” — her media company founded to champion emerging storytellers. The project is being developed in partnership with Universal Content Productions and Dinner Party Productions. “Together, their vision, passion, and creativity is staggering,” Whitaker said of the team.” For a book that begins in the dark, its future sure looks bright.
