Book· 2006· Thriller

Sharp Objects

by Gillian Flynn

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Sharp Objects

It is told from the perspective of Camille Preaker, a newspaper journalist who returns to her hometown in Missouri to report on a series of murders. There, she reconnects with her estranged mother and 13-year-old half-sister. A domestic noir, mystery, psychological thriller, and Southern Gothic novel, it explores femininity, trauma, and abuse.