The Shining Girls A Novel

<b>A masterful twist on the serial killer novel and "one of the scariest and best-written thrillers of the year" (<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>) from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist.</b> <br>Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future.<br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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 . . . <br><br>