Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

When a young girl is kidnapped in a small southern town, journalist Camille Preaker is sent home to investigate. She moves back in with the mother who never loved her, and the step-sister she never really knew. As Camille learns more about the girl who has disappeared, she discovers even more about herself (an admitted, but hardly recovering "cutter") and her sickness-inducing mother. This is a creepy book about going-home, and the realization that no matter where you go, someday all your problems will catch-up with you. Sharp Objects is a quick read - suspenseful, but not terribly surprising, and more sad than anything else.