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Kamilla Parker, ne osobo udachlivyĭ reporter odnoĭ iz ne osobo uspeshnykh gazet Chikago, mechtaet o blest︠i︡ashcheĭ karʹere. I vot devushke vypadaet shchastlivyĭ shans, sposobnyĭ rezko povysitʹ ee zhurnalistskiĭ status, -- Kamillu posyla︠i︡ut korrespondentom v malenkiĭ gorodok, gde zhertvoĭ manʹ︠i︡aka stali neskolʹko maloletnikh devochek. Eë zadacha vydatʹ chitatel︠i︡am sensa︠t︡sionnoe soobshchenie s mesta sobytiĭ. Delo v tom, chto Kamilla v etom gorode rodilasʹ i vyrosla, a potomu komu, kak ne eĭ, legche drugikh naĭti obshchiĭ ︠i︡azyk s zhitel︠i︡ami i vy︠i︡asnit n︠i︡uansy rassledovani︠i︡a. No pogruzhenie v strashnu︠i︡u realʹnostʹ provin︠t︡sialʹnoĭ zhizni ︠i︡a oborachivaets︠i︡a dl︠i︡a neë ︠t︡sepʹ︠i︡u koshmarov, dostoĭnykh kisti Ieronima Boskha... Returning to her hometown after an eight-year absence to investigate the murders of two girls, reporter Camille Preaker is reunited with her neurotic mother and enigmatic, thirteen-year-old half-sister as she works to uncover the truth about the killings.