num_pages: 8
description: 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.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Sharp Objects
titlecomplete: Sharp Objects
characters: Alan Crellin, Richard Willis, Meredith Wheeler, Amma Crellin, Katie Lacey, Marian Crellin, Adora Crellin, Camille Preaker, Ann Nash, James Capisi, Chief Bill Vickery, Annabelle Gasser and Jackie O'Neele, Gayla (Sharp Objects), Natalie Keene, John Keene, Frank Curry, Kylie, Kelsey and Kelsey
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Horror, Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 976482
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: RH Audio