# The Shining Girls - Hardcover

by **Lauren Beukes** (Author)

**A masterful twist on the serial killer novel from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist.**

Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future. Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.

At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of these shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing without a trace into another time after each murder -- until one of his victims survives.

Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the _Chicago Sun-Times_ to work with the reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on an impossible truth . . .

### Author Biography

**Lauren Beukes** writes novels, comics and screeplays. She's the author of the critically-acclaimed international bestseller _Broken Monsters_; _The Shining Girls_, about a time traveling serial killer; Zoo City, a phantasmagorical Joburg noir and winner of the 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award; and the neo-political thriller _Moxyland_. She worked as a journalist and as show runner on one of the South Africa's biggest animated TV shows, directed an award-winning documentary, and wrote the _New York Times_ bestselling graphic novel, _Fairest: The Hidden Kingdom_. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

**Number of Pages:** 480

**Dimensions:** 1.7 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN

**Publication Date:** June 11, 2013

**Large Print:** Yes

## Details

- **Price:** 43.0 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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