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.
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.
Donna Tartt meets The Virgin Suicides in this intense and haunting psychological thriller Winner of two CWA daggers - the Ian Flemming Steel Dagger and the New Blood Dagger 'To say this is a terrific debut novel is really too mild...after the lights were out, the story just stayed there in my head, coiled and hissing, like a snake in a cave' Stephen King 'This is a stylish thriller about housewives who don't recognise their own desperations' Literary Review 'Relentless, often creepy, but never less than real, this stylish and gripping tale will give you the shivers' Guardian 'Compulsively disturbing' Time Out 'It is a stunningly accomplished evocation of the oppressiveness of small-town' Sunday Times 'Flynn's debut novel grips like an iron fist from the start a great book and a compulsive thriller' Metro '[A] sinister and stylish psychological drama...Flynn brilliantly depicts the lurking malice and secrets of a small community' Daily Mail 'This is a fine debut novel A major talent has arrived' Independent on Sunday 'Sharp, clean exciting writing that grabs you from the first page. A real pleasure' Kate Atkinson
Gillian Flynn is the chief TV critic for Entertainment Weekly. This is her first novel.
"fizzes with colour and tension...a brilliant debut" GUARDIAN "A compellnig story, absolutely unputdownable" TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
"fizzes with colour and tension...a brilliant debut" GUARDIAN "A compellnig story, absolutely unputdownable" TELEGRAPH & ARGUS
Returning to her hometown after two preteen girls are murdered there, reporter Camille Preaker must get reacquainted with her mother and weirdly charasmatic little half-sister. And then the bad memories resurface. A debut from Entertainment Weekly's chief TV critic; with a five-city tour. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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