num_pages: 320
description: It's been a while... but Camille Preaker has finally gone homeSent to investigate the disappearance of two little girls, Camille finds herself reluctantly installed in the family mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and a precocious thirteen-year-old half-sister she barely knows. Haunted by a family tragedy, troubled by the disquieting grip her young sister has on the town, Camille struggles with a familiar need to be accepted.But as clues turn into dead ends, Camille finds herself identifying with the young victims and realises: she will have to unravel the puzzle of her own past if she's to survive this homecoming.
language: English
title: Sharp Objects
titlecomplete: Sharp Objects
characters: Marian Crellin, James Capisi, Adora Crellin, Gayla (Sharp Objects), Natalie Keene, Ann Nash, Meredith Wheeler, Kylie, Kelsey and Kelsey, Richard Willis, John Keene, Katie Lacey, Annabelle Gasser and Jackie O'Neele, Camille Preaker, Alan Crellin, Frank Curry, Amma Crellin, Chief Bill Vickery
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Suspense, Thriller, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Horror, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 975726
places: Wind Gap, Missouri, Missouri, Chicago, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: CWA New Blood Dagger, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson