Broken Monsters

Paperback | 8 May 2014

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In the city that's become a symbol for the death of the American dream, a nightmare killer is unravelling reality. The new thriller from Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls. Detective Gabriella Versado is used to dealing with ugly murders. This is Detroit, after all. But the corpses turning up in abandoned buildings are unlike any she's seen before: queasy mash-ups of animals and humans, like some DIY taxidermied freak show. After her teen daughter Layla finds photographs of the bodies on her computer and leaks them to a blogger friend and thus the whole of the Internet, Gabi finds herself fighting to stay on the case she's compromised - and to save her relationship with her daughter. But as the murders seize the imagination of the populace with copycat killings and disturbing 'art installations' appearing overnight, Detective Versado has to hunt down and confront a killer who has let loose the seething subconscious of the city.

Industry Reviews

Praise for The Shining Girls: 'Brilliant ... By placing the victims centre stage, Beukes celebrates each girl's life and transforms a genre that often seems sickly sensationalist ... It should be the book of the summer' Observer 'Meet the author' 'For sheer, page-turning nerve, The Shining Girls is going to take some beating this summer... You're in for a wild, brutal ride through the 20th century, in the company of one of the sarkiest, most resilient heroines you're likely to meet this year' Alison Flood, Observer 'An ingenious and imaginative thriller ... compulsively readable' Sunday Mirror 'If you've got a Gone Girl-shaped hole in your life, try this cleverly constructed thriller' Evening Standard 'Beukes has enormous fun with the concept ... an entertaining novel that will be read with keen attention' Guardian 'Confidently written ... this dark tale is told inventively and is full of surprises. Keep the lights on' Daily Mail 'A killer of a novel ... a brilliant, mess-with-your-mind conclusion' Marie Claire 'Highly original ... guaranteed to have you sleeping with the lights on' Easy Living 'A mix of shocking gore, compelling characters, and a sweet romance' Grazia 'A terrific thriller ... there's far more to THE SHINING GIRLS than its great yarn ...vividly conjures up different eras' SFX

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