Camille Preaker works for a newspaper with falling circulation. When one little girl is murdered and another goes missing, her editor sends her back to her home town to see if she can get a scoop, and the story that will revive the paper's fortunes.
Still living in her home town is her mother, her step father and her teenage half sister. Since the newspaper editor will not stump up for more than one night's accommodation, Camille ends up going back to stay at her childhood home whilst she investigates the crimes.
I understand that this is Gillian Flynn's first novel, and as such I feel it was a good effort. The central character has been deeply affected by her upbringing and has her own mental demons to contend with. The characters in her small town are sufficiently sketched in to make them real and believable And there's a real feeling of menace in the book.
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