num_pages: 254
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: Natalie Keene, Camille Preaker, Ann Nash, Gayla (Sharp Objects), Amma Crellin, James Capisi, Kylie, Kelsey and Kelsey, Frank Curry, Chief Bill Vickery, John Keene, Katie Lacey, Richard Willis, Alan Crellin, Meredith Wheeler, Adora Crellin, Annabelle Gasser and Jackie O'Neele, Marian Crellin
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Horror, Adult, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 975868
places: Wind Gap, Missouri, Chicago, Illinois, Missouri
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: Shaye Areheart Books