![]() ![]() After attending a party with her sister where the two of them get drunk and take drugs, Camille wakes to find Adora caring for her, giving her pills that make her sick. During each encounter with him, Camille refuses to remove her clothes out of fear that he will reject her after he sees her scars. Camille connects with a handsome Kansas City detective, Richard Willis, sent to investigate the potential of a serial killer.Īs Camille continues to investigate, she begins a sexual relationship with Richard. Amma, who was born after Marian's death, has grown into a spoiled teen who behaves like a young child in front of her mother to hide her drinking, drug use, and promiscuity. Camille never had a good relationship with her mother, as Adora always preferred Camille's younger sister Marian, who died due to an unspecified illness when Camille was young. While there, Camille reconnects with her estranged mother Adora and 13-year-old half-sister Amma. Camille publishes a story, only for Curry to ask her to remain in Wind Gap for further coverage of the murders. Both she and Ann were strangled and had all of their teeth removed. Soon the body of the missing girl, Natalie Keene, is discovered in an alley in town. The local police are not particularly forthcoming about the murder, but the town sheriff, Chief Vickery, divulges to Camille off the record that he believes that the murderer is a Wind Gap native, not a stranger. Once in Wind Gap, Camille manages to gain some information about the crimes from the townspeople, including the family of Ann Nash, the murdered girl. Curry gives her a reporting assignment to her hometown of Wind Gap, Missouri, where one girl has been murdered and a second is missing. Camille has carved many words onto her body-having previously hallucinated them on her skin. Camille gets along somewhat well with her boss Frank Curry, who supported her during a recent hospitalization due to self-harm. She is not particularly satisfied with the job, which includes writing stories about human neglect, murders, and crime. Eileen often corresponds with Camille over the phone while she's in Wind Gap.Ĭamille Preaker works as a journalist at The Daily Post, a small newspaper in Chicago. Eileen Curry: Frank's wife and a surrogate mother to Camille.He encourages Camille to return to Wind Gap to cover a story of unresolved murders in her hometown. Frank Curry: Camille's editor-in-chief, boss and friend.He is one of the main suspects in the murders, and his alibi during the disappearance of his sister sounds suspicious to the police and townspeople. ![]() John Keene: Natalie's 18-year-old brother.Bill Vickery: Chief of police in Wind Gap who asked for Detective Willis' help in investigating the crimes.Ann, 9, is the first victim, and Natalie, 10, is the second. Ann Nash and Natalie Keene: Two innocent victims of a gruesome crime in Wind Gap being investigated by Camille Preaker and Detective Willis.He lets Amma do everything she pleases and provides whatever she asks for. He is well reserved, quiet and believes whatever Adora tells him, even if it is a lie. Alan Crellin: Adora's husband, Amma and Marian's biological father, and Camille's stepfather.Richard Willis: A detective from Kansas City homicide division tasked to investigate the crimes happening in Wind Gap.Her family is the wealthiest in the area and owns many of the businesses in the surrounding areas, and she has a firm hold on the social atmosphere of Wind Gap. Adora Crellin: Camille and Amma's mother, a strict woman who rarely shows any type of positive emotion towards Camille, and treats Amma like a baby doll.She terrorizes those living in the town as she attempts to rule everyone around her. She lives a double life as a perfect Southern daughter to Adora and also the mean girl to the rest of the town. Amma Crellin: Camille's 13-year-old half-sister, who is the "it girl" in the town of Wind Gap, Missouri.Camille spent time in a psychiatric hospital near Chicago after years of self-harm. She has suffered for years after the death of her sister Marian at a very young age. Camille Preaker: A young journalist trying to make a better life for herself in Chicago.The novel follows Camille Preaker, a newspaper journalist who must return to her hometown to report on a series of brutal murders. The book was first published through Shaye Areheart Books on September 26, 2006, and has subsequently been re-printed through Broadway Books. Sharp Objects is the 2006 debut novel by American author Gillian Flynn. Southern Gothic, Psychological Thriller, Mystery For the television adaptation, see Sharp Objects (miniseries). ![]()
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