Rating: ****
Tags: Fiction, Thriller, Lang:en
Summary
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.