Broken Monsters
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3.8 • 17 Ratings
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- $23.99
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- $23.99
Publisher Description
A killer who will tear you apart before he puts you back together.
Something strange is happening in Detroit. Hybrid bodies are turning up, half-animal, half-human. For Detective Gabi Versado, they are the word of a twisted monster who surpasses even 'Murder City's' most brutal criminals.
For failed artist Clayton Broom, they are his greatest work. Life destroyed his dreams, so now he's found new ones. the question is, can Gabi find him before the person she loves most is drawn into his nightmare?
'I couldn't put it down' Stephen King
'tremendous' the times
'Rare and intriguing' telegraph
'terrifying' Marie Claire
'Engrossing' Sunday times
'thriller of the year' Observer
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in present-day Detroit, Beukes's novel of suspense successfully combines horror, detection, and a depressing examination of urban decay. In a bizarre murder, an 11-year-old boy has been cut in two, his upper body grafted onto the lower half of a deer. The scar of a wound in the child's armpit allows Det. Gabriella Versado to identify him as Daveyton Lafonte, who survived a "stray bullet from a gang war" at age six. Versado is the prototypical good cop working in an impossible situation a city so overwhelmed by crime that most of her job consists of handing out "empty warnings." As the killer continues to slaughter and mutilate in terrifying ways, the investigation draws in an immature and narcissistic reporter, Jonno Haim, who seeks exposure above all else. As she did in 2013's The Shining Girls, Beukes puts a fresh, imaginative spin on the trope of the serial killer. Five-city author tour.
