Books with title Sharp Objects: A Novel

AN HBO LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMSFROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GONE GIRLFresh 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. 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.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-12-01 Language: English Publisher: Random House When two girls. aged nine and ten are abducted and killed in Wind Gap. Missouri. Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to investigate and report on the crimes. Camille. self-described white trash from old money. is the daughter of one of the richest families in town. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years. Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her familys Victorian mansion. reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows. a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town and surrounds herself with a group of vampish teenage girls. As Camille struggles to remain detached from the evidence. her relationship with her neurotic. hypochondriac mother threatens to topple her hard-won mental stabili...

WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years ago, 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 again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE on her ankleAs Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable.

"To say this is a terrific debut novel is really too mild...I found myself dreading the last thirty pages or so but was helpless to stop turning them. Then, after the lights were out, the story just stayed there in my head, coiled and hissing, like a snake in a caver. An admirably nasty piece of work, elevated by sharp writing and sharper insights." --Stephen King Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital. Camille Preaker's first assignment at her second-rate daily paper takes her reluctantly back to her home town to cover the murders of two perteen girls. As she works to uncover the truth, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims--a bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons. Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.