The Shining Girls

The Shining Girls

Adult mystery
"Everything happens for a reason. It's because he is forced to
leave that he finds the house. It's because he took the coat that he
has the key."
It's 1931. Harper, antagonist of Lauren Beukes' The Shining
Girls, is down on his luck. After killing a man over a card game he's
on the run from vigilantees. After a narrow escape he's injured and
without shelter.
Only there's a key in the pocket of his stolen coat, the key to
a very unique house. On the outside it looks like any other derelict
condemned building. On the inside it's anything but.
The house enables Harper to fulfill a mandate it has given him--
to kill a list of girls in different decades who are shining, bright
with potential. For awhile he succeeds, taking out his prey and
making a clean getaway to another time. Then one of his victims,
Kirby, saved by her dog, suffers horendous wounds, realizes that her
attacker is a serial killer, and sets out to bring him to justice.
Who will prevail?
You'll want to read the book to find out.
On a purrrsonal note, I am super excited! Yesterday in the mail I got
my statistics textbook which my kids got for my birthday present.
They not only saved me the money I would have spent on it. They also
saved me the 5 to 6 miles each way walk to the bookstore.
Thanks to our mail delivery system which we'd better not be taking for
granted. The current White House occupant is trying to destroy it.
Just think of all the people relying on it for
*prescription medicines
*checks and benefits
*and other stuff including textbooks
*not to mention being able to vote absentee in the most crucial
election in our lifetimes when polling places might not be safe. Then
sign petitions, call congresspeople, talk to friends and family, and
demonstrate. If you can contribute financially to organizations
working to save this fine institution which we're really need if
there's a second spike. (Jules)
The black and red bugs have arrived. (Tobago)
A great big shout out goes out to my kids who got me the purrrfect
birthday gift, the fine folks who sort and deliver our mail, and the
groups fighting to save the post office.
Tobago and Jules Hathaway


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