The Shining Girls
Published in 2013, The Shining Girls is a time-travel fiction and occult fiction novel by Lauren Beukes. Much of the action takes place in Chicago, Ill.. Key subjects include Occult, serial murders, crimes against and women Sleuths.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, and 21 more have it on their want-to-read list.
At about 375 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.
About The Shining Girls
"A time-traveling serial killer is impossible to trace-- until one of his victims survives. In Depression-era Chicago, Harper Curtis finds a key to a house that opens on to other times. But it comes at a cost. He has to kill the shining girls: bright young women, burning with potential. He stalks them through their lives across different eras until, in 1989, one of his victims, Kirby Mazrachi, survives and starts hunting him back. Working with an ex-homicide reporter who is falling for her, Kirby has to unravel an impossible mystery"--Publisher's web site.
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 2014 — Best Fantasy Novel (nominee)
- 🏆British Fantasy Awards 2014 — August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel (winner)
Quick answers
Who wrote The Shining Girls?
The Shining Girls was written by Lauren Beukes and first published in 2013.
What genre is The Shining Girls?
It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Occult Fiction.
How long is The Shining Girls?
The median edition has 375 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Shining Girls?
Readers who like it often enjoy Servant of the Bones, The Book of Life and Rubinrot.
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