"Sharp Objects", Gillian Flynn 勇奪兩座英國匕首獎,HBO熱門影集《利器》原著小說 【美麗的事物總是殘酷】 親情,挑戰罪惡與道德的模糊界線 卡蜜兒非常美麗,但她的美麗背後滿是傷疤,自有記憶以來媽媽就不喜歡她這個女兒,令她的童年總感到困惑與害怕,在13歲的時候,她最喜歡的妹妹瑪麗亞驟然去世,卡蜜兒悲痛的心無法得到家人的安慰,只能利用不斷的自殘抒發,讓鮮血噴發出來她才感到釋放,傷痕累累的皮膚上,盡是她用尖銳物刻下的字跡。 18年後,兩起恐怖殘忍的少女謀殺事件在小鎮爆發,少女被慘忍殺害,還被拔光牙齒。在報社擔任記者的卡蜜兒被上司交付任務,必須再次回到她一點也不想回來的故鄉,奉命要撰寫一篇相關報導。卡蜜兒再次見到她的鎮上名流母親阿朵拉,以及她那猜不透的同母異父妹妹艾瑪,她一邊不斷陷入往事與現實的漩渦,一邊調查兇案的同時,她慢慢回憶起黑暗過往中隱藏的秘密,深入追查後更發現,事件的真相或許離她很近… 早在《控制》之前,作者吉麗安‧弗林便寫下這本驚悚駭人的懸疑作品,連恐怖小說大師史蒂芬金讀完後也不禁為之一震,細膩描寫女性潛藏的黑暗面與暴力,其中對於毒母和病態家庭權力結構的塑造令人印象深刻,這些看似虛構的情節與人物,是否真實存在於社會的未明處?只能說作者的筆鋒犀利,洞見深刻,而現實總是比小說還來得瘋狂萬倍。 NOW AN HBO® LIMITED SERIES STARRING AMY ADAMS, NOMINATED FOR EIGHT EMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING OUTSTANDING LIMITED SERIES FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF 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. ISBN-10: 1101902876 ISBN-13: 978-1101902875