Sharp Objects
A Novel
- Themes
- Small-town murder investigation, Family estrangement, Confronting a troubled past
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in psychological mysteries and murder investigations
- Readers drawn to family estrangement tied to a hometown case
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Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubling assignment: she must return to her tiny hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.
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For years, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed in her old bedroom in her family's Victorian mansion, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the story—and survive this homecoming.
Praise for Sharp Objects
“Nasty, addictive reading.”—Chicago Tribune
“Skillful and disturbing.”—Washington Post
“Darkly original . . . [a] riveting tale.”—People
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Women Detectives
- Suspense
- Thrillers
- Authors
- Gillian Flynn
- Publisher
- Crown
- Published
- July 31, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women Detectives