From the author of the No.1 bestseller and international phenomenon
GONE GIRL. Now a major HBO/SKY ATLANTIC TV series starring Amy
Adams, with the director of BIG LITTLE LIES, Jean-Marc Vallee. When
two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille
Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes.
Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother
for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in
her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother
and the half-sister she barely knows - a precocious 13-year-old who
holds a disquieting grip on the town. As 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. 'To say this is a terrific debut
novel is really too mild. I haven't read such a relentlessly creepy
family saga since John Farris's ALL HEADS TURN AS THE HUNT GOES BY,
and that was thirty years ago, give or take. SHARP OBJECTS isn't
one of those scare-and-retreat books; its effect is cumulative. I
found myself dreading the last thirty pages or so, but was helpless
to stop turning them. Then, after the lights were out, the story
just stayed there in my head, coiled and hissing, like a snake in a
cave' STEPHEN KING 'SHARP OBJECTS is a witty, stylish, and
compelling debut. A real winner' HARLAN COBEN 'Sharp, clean
exciting writing that grabs you from the first page. A real
pleasure' KATE ATKINSON 'Sharp Objects is one of the freshest debut
thrillers to come around in a long while. It's a gripping,
substantive story, stripped of cliche, and crafted with great
style. The characters are refreshingly real, burdened with
psychological issues that enrich the story' AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
'With her blistering debut Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn hit the
ground running.' VAL McDERMID 'Sharp Objects is creepy,
claustrophobic and dark as all hell. With a gloriously twisted
plot, a brooding atmosphere and a beautifully realised central
character, this is easily the best debut novel I've read in a very
long time.' MARK BILLINGHAM
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