The Shining Girls

3.8 avg 378 votes

About this book

"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.

3.8 ★★★★☆ average of 3 sources · 378 votes
Open Library 3.6 10
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Apple Books 4.0 378
Hardcover 3.5 213

Reader Profile

Enjoyment76Difficulty60Influence46Popularity35Classic13

3.8/5 · 378 readers · 375 pages · ≈ 6 h 57 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Shining Girls?

About ≈ 6 h 57 m — 375 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Shining Girls~6 h 57 m

How many pages is The Shining Girls?

375 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Shining Girls375

What genre is The Shining Girls?

It sits on the Thriller, Fiction shelves.

Has The Shining Girls been made into a movie or TV show?

Yes — screen adaptations include Shining Girls.

Is The Shining Girls in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does The Shining Girls take place?

It is set in Chicago (Ill.).

Who wrote The Shining Girls?

Lauren Beukes.

Setting Chicago (Ill.)
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