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Sharp objects [electronic resource] : a novel / Gillian Flynn.
Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307351487 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307351483 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2006.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version. |
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| Subject: | Women journalists > Fiction. Missouri > Fiction. Thrillers Women Sleuths Suspense |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Suspense fiction. Electronic books. |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Reluctantly returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two preteen girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings, a probe that leads her all too close to the secrets of her own past. A first novel. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
FROM THE #1Â NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFÂ GONE GIRL
Fresh 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 victimsâa bit too strongly. Dogged by her own demons, she must unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past if she wants to get the storyâand survive this homecoming.
Praise for Sharp Objects
âNasty, addictive reading.ââChicago Tribune
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âSkillful and disturbing.ââWashington Post
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âDarkly original . . . [a] riveting tale.ââPeople - Random House, Inc.
NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES
FROM THE #1Â NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFÂ GONE GIRL
Fresh 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.
Praise for Sharp Objects
"Nasty, addictive reading.''Chicago Tribune
Â
'skillful and disturbing.''Washington Post
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"Darkly original . . . [a] riveting tale.''People
