In the first 100 pages of Whistling in the Dark we’re introduced to the O’Malley family. It’s written from the point of view of Sally, a young girl who lives with her mom, step dad, sister, and half-sister. Her real dad died when she was young, and she still has trouble with this because she had a strong relationship with him and loved him very much. Then her mom marries Hall, a drunk who the girls don’t like, and is forced to move into the city, out of the house she grew up in with her dad. Her mom then says she’s going to the hospital, and will be back in a few weeks. In the mean time Hall takes care of them, but just ends up cheating on her mom, and coming home drunk and abusive every night. One night he pins Troo, Sally’s sister, against a wall. Sally starts hearing rumors about her mom getting worse, and is now hearing she’s dying, and doesn’t have much time left. She also hears rumors of girls disappearing in her neighborhood. She knows one was killed, and another has recently disappeared. She has an idea that it’s the cop, Officer Rasmussen. She tells Troo about it, but Troo doesn’t believe her, and just makes fun of her. Then Sally starts thinking that Officer Rasmussen is after her. She sees her picture in his wallet, and he has mentioned her coming over to his house several times. One day Troo and Sally go fishing, and Troo finds a shoe that looks like the girl’s that’s missing. The shoe has blood on it, so they think they should turn it in. Troo says it’s a bad idea, so Sally puts it in the lake, and signifies for the police to come, without them knowing it’s her. Eventually she tells Officer Rasmussen it was her who alarmed them.
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