Whentwogirls,agednineandtenareabductedandkilledinWindGap,Missouri,CamillePreakerissentbacktoherhometowntoinvestigateandreportonthecrimes.Camille,self-described'whitetrashfromoldmoney',isthedaughterofoneoftherichestfamiliesintown.Long-hauntedbyachildhoodtragedyandestrangedfromhermotherforyears,Camillesuddenlyfindsherselfinstalledonceagaininherfamily'sVictorianmansion,reacquaintingherselfwithherdistantmotherandthehalf-sistershebarelyknows,aprecocious13-year-oldwhoholdsadisquietinggriponthetownandsurroundsherselfwithagroupofvampishteenagegirls.AsCamillestrugglestoremaindetachedfromtheevidence,herrelationshipwithherneurotic,hypochondriacmotherthreatenstotoppleherhard-wonmentalstability.Workingalongsidethepolicechiefandaspecialagentfromoutoftown,Camilletriestouncoverthemysteryofwhokilledtheselittlegirlsandwhy.Buttherearedeeperpsychologicalpuzzles:WhydoesCamilleidentifysostronglywiththedeadgirls?Andhowisthisconnectedtothedeathofanothersisteryearsearlier?
由吉莉安·弗琳主编的《利器》讲述了卡米莉·普瑞克是芝加哥报社的一名年轻记者，性格孤僻、爱讥讽他人是她最显著的两个特点。在一家心理医院待了一段时间后，卡米莉便处于了一种虚弱的状态中。
当卡米莉家乡的几名女孩被谋杀后，由于工作的原因，她被迫回到那个古老南方贵族与吸毒青年共同生活的地方。随着卡米莉揭露杀害那些女孩的凶手以及杀人动机的谜底，《利器》这个故事使读者在心理上产生了深度困扰：卡米莉为何如此坚定地去调查这些被害的女孩？卡米莉与她母亲之间发生了什么？这件事是怎样与多年前她另一个妹妹的死联系到一起的？
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