Broken Monsters - Hardcover

Beukes, Lauren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007464592 ISBN 13: 9780007464593

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2014

Synopsis

"Scary as hell and hypnotic. I couldn't put it down...I'd grab it if I were you." --Stephen King A criminal mastermind creates violent tableaus in abandoned Detroit warehouses in Lauren Beukes's new genre-bending novel of suspense. Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies. But this one is unique even by Detroit's standards: half boy, half deer, somehow fused together. As stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the city hold on to a reality that is already tearing at its seams? If you're Detective Versado's geeky teenage daughter, Layla, you commence a dangerous flirtation with a potential predator online. If you're desperate freelance journalist Jonno, you do whatever it takes to get the exclusive on a horrific story. If you're Thomas Keen, known on the street as TK, you'll do what you can to keep your homeless family safe--and find the monster who is possessed by the dream of violently remaking the world. If Lauren Beukes's internationally bestselling The Shining Girls was a time-jumping thrill ride through the past, her Broken Monsters is a genre-redefining thriller about broken cities

About this title

About the Author

Lauren Beukes is a novelist, TV scriptwriter, documentary maker, comics writer and occasional journalist. She won the Arthur C Clarke Award for her novel Zoo City, set in a fantastical Johannesburg where guilt manifests as spirit animal familiars. Her previous works include Moxyland, a dystopian cyberpunk thriller set in Cape Town under corporate apartheid. She helped create South Africa's first half-hour animated TV show, URBO: The Adventures of Pax Afrika, and has written kids animated shows for Disney UK and Millimages in France.

Review

Praise for BROKEN MONSTERS: 'This uniquely, horrible, disturbing novel... should be a shoo-in for thriller of the year' Observer 'Well-executed...exquisitely paced and impeccably controlled...' New York Times 'Deftly layered, engrossing, striking' Sunday Times 'Scary as hell and hypnotic. I couldn't put it down' Stephen King 'This is a tremendous novel, full of original characters and stunning dialogue' The Times 'I unhesitatingly urge you to buy it and read it now' James Ellroy, author of LA CONFIDENTIAL 'This wickedly unpleasant thriller has a rare and intriguing capacity to make the reader think' Telegraph 'Beukes is a compelling storyteller who has created strong characters in Gabi and Layla' Metro 'Beukes has once again redefined the thriller genre' Stylist 'Make a long flight fly by with this gripping thriller' Grazia 'Following up an international bestseller is never easy, but [Beukes] makes it look easy' Shortlist 'Never exploitative, never superficial, never uncomplicated: Beukes shows how horror can be the best way to explain our unbelievable reality' Guardian 'Set in Detroit, this is an enjoyably violent procedural high on hallucinogens' Evening Standard 'A compelling spine-chiller that keeps you hooked to the very end' Heat 'A terrifying crime novel that places the victims at its centre' Marie Claire 'Captivating ... Broken Monsters defies the standard tropes of the serial killer genre' Los Angeles Times 'When Stephen King calls a book "scary as hell and hypnotic", don't read it late at night in a tent in the woods ... I regretted not having a door with a deadbolt.' The Wall Street Journal 'This clever and creepy horror fulfils the promise of the grisly first pages' Sunday Mirror 'A strange and fascinating thriller' Sunday Express

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0007464592
• ISBN 13: 9780007464593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1