Lauren Beukes

Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit, and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, shes forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons.

In the city that's become a symbol for the death of the American dream, a nightmare killer is unravelling reality. The new thriller from Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls. Detective Gabi Versado has hunted down many monsters during her eight years in Homicide. She's seen stupidity, corruption and just plain badness. But she's never seen anything like this. Clayton Broom is a failed artist, and a broken man. Life destroyed his plans, so he's found new dreams - of flesh and bone made disturbingly, beautifully real. Detroit is the decaying corpse of the American Dream. Motor-city. Murder-city. And home to a killer opening doors into the dark heart of humanity. A killer who wants to make you whole again...

The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. 'GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived' (The Times). "It's not my fault. It's yours. You shouldn't shine. You shouldn't make me do this." THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T DIE Kirby is lucky she survived the attack. She is sure there were other victims were less fortunate, but the evidence she finds is ...impossible. HUNTING A KILLER WHO SHOULDN'T EXIST Harper stalks his shining girls through the years - and cuts the spark out of them. But what if the one that got away came back for him?

Rapunzel es una de las habitantes menos conocidas de Villa Fábula, una que ahora anhela respuestas... y venganza. ¿Qué es lo que la lleva a abandonar su hogar para viajar a Japón? Averígualo en este nuevo y fascinante volumen de FABULOSAS, escrito por la novelista Lauren Beukes (Zoo City) y dibujado por Iñaki Miranda (Fabulas). Y ademas, un relato inedito protagonizado por Bella y Bestia realizado por Matthew Sturges (House of Mystery) y Shawn McManus (Cenicienta: Desde Villa Fabula con amor).

Chicago en el momento de la gran depresión. Curtis vive en la carretera y es extremadamente peligroso. Desde que vio a la hermosa Jeanette, bailarina, sueña con sus «Shinning Girls». Sólo quiere una

Nunca virilmente, nunca en la superficie, nunca fácil: Beukes demuestra que el terror puede ser la única forma posible de hacer comprensible nuestra realidad

Lauren Beukes' Arthur C Clarke Award-winning tale of a young woman trapped in a brutal city but looking for a way out . . .'A major, major talent' George R. R. MartinZinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, she's forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons.Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions reside.Instead it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own.'Beukes is very *very* good. It feels effortless, utterly accomplished' William Gibson'Beukes brings a secret tenderness and humanity to her off-kilter portrait of the here and now' Guardian'Exquisitely paced and impeccably controlled. An enormously satisfying novel' New York Times Book Review

La casa encantada, la muñeca diabólica, el videojuego maldito, el vecino monstruoso, el fantasma vengativo, el amigo imaginario asesino... en 1987, una oleada de horrores golpeó seis comunidades por todo el mundo. Seis niños traumatizados sobrevivieron a aquellos acontecimientos y crecieron atormentados por lo que los ocurrio.Casi 30 años despues, los seis supervivientes se reunen en Los Angeles para enfrentarse a una terrorifica pesadilla de infancia que ha regresado, revelando sus traumas y sacando a la luz sus secretos oscuros. De algun modo, estan todos conectados. Pero cuando choquen los horrores personales, se veran obligados a enfrentarse a los demonios de los demas.Y descubriran que seguir vivos fue solo el principio.La galardonada novelista Lauren Beukes y el coguionista Dale Halvorsen se unen al dibujante Ryan Kelly en un viaje sangriento de autodescubrimiento en El club de los supervivientes, una nueva y aterradora vision del horror en un mundo ineludiblemente interconectado.

Plus de 99% des hommes sont morts.Trois ans après la pandémie connue sous le nom de « The Manfall » (la chute des hommes), les gouvernements tiennent bon et la vie continue – mais le monde daprès, di

La Zinzi té un os peresós a l'esquena, un hàbit brut d'estafa i un talent per trobar coses perdudes. Però quan una petita anciana apareix morta i la policia li confisca l'últim sou es veu obligada a

Read the mind-bending masterpiece from the multi-award-winning author of Apple TVs smash hit literary adaptation SHINING GIRLS, starring Elizabeth Moss.Addictive, fascinating and compelling page-turnerGuardianA high-concept page-turner HeraldBeukes puts cerebral propositions into breakneck thrillers Spectator----THERE ARE INFINITE REALITIES.SHES LOOKING FOR ONE . . .Bridges maverick scientist mother Jo is dead.Now shes examining everything Jo left behind.Which is when she finds her big secret: the dreamworm.Is it a drug? A gateway to other worlds?Jo believed so.Bridge is desperate to see her mother again. Will do anything, risk anything. Including search for her in those other realities.What she doesnt know is that others are after Jos secret. And some believe anyone it touches must be destroyed.Bridge? She just wants to find her mom . . .Page-turning and ambitious, BRIDGE is a dazzlingly inventive speculative thriller with an unforgettable cast of characters, and the work of a novelist at the height of her powers.----You can tell Beukes is having an absolute blast putting words on the page. Her fun is evident in the big, bloody action sequences; in the squirmy, almost retro grotesqueness of the dreamworm. - The New York TimesAn addictive, fascinating and compelling page-turner. With an original take on the many worlds theory. GuardianComplex, challenging, gripping and thought-provoking. A morally thorny tale without clear-cut heroes or villains. Beukes does a skilful job of balancing desperate but very relatable hope. - SFX

FROM THE AUTHOR BEHIND BRAND NEW APPLE TV HIT SHINING GIRLSWINNER OF THE 2011 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARDA major, major talent GEORGE R.R. MARTIN_______Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, shes forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons.Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions reside.Instead it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where shell be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own._______Beukes is very *very* good. It feels effortless, utterly accomplished William GibsonBeukes brings a secret tenderness and humanity to her off-kilter portrait of the here and nowGuardianExquisitely paced and impeccably controlled. An enormously satisfying novelNew York Times Book Review

«Esta espléndida novela es un manual para explorar la decadencia humana elevada a la enésima potencia». James Ellroy«Tengo que decirlo: ¡este libro es alucinante, una fantasmagoría criminal! Esta esp

The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived (The Times). THE SHINING GIRLS is now streaming on Apple TV+, starring Elisabeth Moss and Jamie Bell Its not my fault. Its yours. You shouldnt shine. You shouldnt make me do this. Chicago 1931. Harper Curtis, a violent drifter, stumbles on a house with a secret as shocking as his own twisted nature it opens onto other times. He uses it to stalk his carefully chosen shining girls through the decades and cut the spark out of them. Hes the perfect killer. Unstoppable. Untraceable. He thinks Chicago, 1992. They say what doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Tell that to Kirby Mazrachi, whose life was shattered after a brutal attempt to murder her. Still struggling to find her attacker, her only ally is Dan, an ex-homicide reporter who covered her case and now might be falling in love with her. As Kirby investigates, she finds the other girls the ones who didnt make it. The evidence is impossible. But for a girl who should be dead, impossible doesnt mean it didnt happen

Chicago, 1931. Harper Curtis, un vagabundo violento, se topa con una casa que oculta un sorprendente secreto: es la puerta que lo traslada a otros momentos del tiempo para acechar a mujeres jóvenes que se le aparecen como luminosas, rodeadas de una aureola especial que las convierte en el preciado objeto de sus instintos asesinos. Chicago, 1992. La vida de Kirby Mazrachi se ha trastocado tras el brutal intento de asesinarla. Mientras lucha por encontrar a su atacante, su unico aliado es Dan, un antiguo periodista de homicidios que se ocupo del caso y que trata de protegerla de su obsesion. A medida que Kirby avanza en la investigacion descubre a otras chicas, las que no lo lograron. Las pruebas de los crimenes son imposibles y la respuesta parece ocultarse en una casa abandonada en medio de la ciudad.

La nueva normalidad es un mundo sin hombresUna pandemia global. Un mundo cambiado. Una madre y su hijo a la fuga.Miles, de doce años, es uno de los últimos niños varones vivos. Cole, su madre, lo protegera a toda costa de aquellos que buscan explotarlo para sus propios fines. En la huida, viajan por unos Estados Unidos transformados. Desde una base militar en Seattle hasta un bunker de lujo, desde una comuna anarquista en Salt Lake City hasta una secta itinerante que ve en Miles la respuesta a todas sus plegarias... Madre e hijo intentan ir siempre un paso por delante, pero sus perseguidores se acercan cada vez mas.Afterland es un thriller arriesgado y feminista, en el que la galardonada autora Lauren Beukes mezcla genialmente suspense psicologico, noir americano y ciencia ficcion, y consigue una aventura por derecho propio, perfecta para los tiempos en los que vivimos.

Chicago, 1992. Dicen que lo que no te mata te hace más fuerte. Que se lo digan a Kirby Mazrachi, cuya vida se ha trastocado tras un brutal intento de asesinarla. Mientras lucha por encontrar a su atacante, su unico aliado es Dan, un antiguo periodista de homicidios que se ocupo del caso y que trata de protegerla de su obsesion. A medida que Kirby avanza en la investigacion descubre a otras chicas, las que no lo lograron. Las pruebas de los crimenes son& imposibles. Pero para una chica que deberia estar muerta, imposible no quiere decir que no haya pasado&

Chicago, 1931. Harper Curtis, un home violent sense llar, arriba a una casa que amaga un secret sorprenent: és la porta que el trasllada a altres moments en el temps per assetjar dones joves que li apareixen com "lluminoses". Chicago, 1992. En Dan, un rep

Un thriller especulatiu enlluernadorament original amb un elenc de personatges inoblidables. A través de mil vides possibles, des de Portland fins a Haití, des de l'Argentina fins als rius infestats de caimans de Carolina del Nord, Bridge porta als lector

Un thriller especulativo deslumbrantemente original con un elenco de personajes inolvidables. A través de mil vidas posibles, de Portland a Haití, y de Argentina a los ríos infestados de caimanes de Carolina del Norte, Bridge transporta a los lectores a u