Camilla Parker, a not-so-lucky reporter for one of Chicago's not-so-successful newspapers, dreams of a brilliant career. And now the girl gets a lucky chance that can dramatically increase her journalistic status - Camille is sent as a correspondent to a small town, where several young girls became the victim of a maniac. Her task is to give readers a sensational message from the scene. The fact is that Camille was born and raised in this city, and therefore it is easier for anyone, if not her, to find a common language with the residents and find out the nuances of the investigation. But immersion in the terrible reality of provincial life turns into a chain of nightmares worthy of Jerome Bosch’s brush...In addition to the novel “Sharp Objects”, the book includes the story “Someone is an adult”, presented in a new translation.