2013 book 102

Lauren Beukes' The Shining Girls
Sooooooo, this book is about . . . a time traveling serial killer, with a magical house. And one of his victims, a sassy newspaper intern in the 1990s, who's determined to track him down and stop him! That might sound facetious, but actually, I really liked this. Beukes is great with suspense, and made me really care about his victims, though they only appeared in one chapter each. And Kirby, the one trying to find him (using RESEARCH! And NEWSPAPER LIBRARIANS! So awesome!), with the help of her sportswriter mentor, is super awesome. Warning: the serial killer sometimes does bad things to animals (which are somehow harder to read than the much worse things he does to young women). Anyway, this book is crazy and great, if you are into crazy and great things that are super dark and weird. Which I am. A-.


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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released June 4th.