Camille Preaker has serious mommy issues, and her sister, Amma, isn't going to win any awards for being well-adjusted either. Meanwhile, the ill-behaved girls of Wind Gap are turning up dead. Tune in as we talk to Lara Bricker, author, journalist, and Crime Writers On panelist, about what Gillian Flynn's "Sharp Objects" gets right about Munchausen's by Proxy, her personal experience with malevolent mothers, the Gypsy Rose Blanchard of it all, and the reality of being a small-town reporter. 

Lara also dishes about living in Exeter, New Hampshire which is simply infested with writers like Dan Brown and Joe Hill. Bonus: Find out which local used to wrestle with John Irving!

And when you're done listening, head over to order Lara's new book, "Dead on Deadline" from Water Street Books.

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