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The Shining Girls

Written by: Lauren Beukes
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam, Peter Ganim, Jay Snyder, Joshua Boone, Dani Cervone, Jenna Hellmuth
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Now an Apple TV+ series starring Elisabeth Moss: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist in this "expertly chilling" twist on the serial killer novel from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes (San Francisco Chronicle).

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 . . .

“Utterly original, beautifully written, and I must say, it creeped the holy bejasus out of me. This is something special.” —Tana French

©2013 Lauren Beukes (P)2013 Hachette Audio
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had me guessing the whole time

listened in huge hours at a time. awesome book!! performance was awesome. definitely recommend anyone to read

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Great story

Very enjoyable- different and unique story, quite a journey through history and a serial killers mind.
Highly recommend!

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Meh

The story had an interesting concept but it was a bit to fart fetched for me and found myself losing interest.

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Ehhhhh, it's was ok. :/

The story didn't really get into why the murders had to be committed, nor was there any real mystery involved. I did pick out quite a few influences from Stephen King's style of writing, and that Lauren may have been trying too hard in this story. Her use of unnecessary f-bombs in weird places, felt like it was forced and unnatural; almost like a nerd in school trying to act cool. That's what it seemed to me anyway. It got to the point where I would roll my eyes at these bursts of "edge" from the writer, and was glad the story was over, so I could go onto my next purchase. I would not listen to this again. The voice actors in this story were mediocre. I have listened to a LOT of audio books, and to be fair, these voice actors weren't as bad as James Franco. You want to be bored to tears? Listen to a James Franco spoken audio book. Dude needs a coffee, or something.

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