Once it becomes a cold case, all progress must be narrated by Bill Kurtis.

17. The Shining Girls – Lauren Beukes

A serial killer who targets girls who “shine,” which would easily make sense in just one time period, but make it sci fi. A little. It’s more like one major sci fi element in a crime fiction story, which, I have to say is way more palatable for a reader like me. I am more easily grounded in the crime than I am in the time travel and The Shining Girls makes that even easier through the grounded heads of Kirby, the girl who got away, and Dan, the reporter who covered Kirby being attacked, as they try to figure out the nuttiest of cold cases. The serial killer, Harper Curtis, on the other hand, ew. He’s super creepy with his whole “I’ll see you later in your life when I’ll be murdering you” bit. Way to be rude. Way to cloud some girl’s life because the sentient house you found lets you travel through time and you use it for evil. Geez. There are so many options for time travel and dude chose the vilest.

 

As you can see, Murderface and Duncan both had beautiful shiny hair. Shining girls are pretty easy to find amongst my ladypigs, though.