Broken Monsters

Broken Monsters
Lauren Beukes

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…

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Contents

Cover (#u97cc7a21-d9b1-5600-9a39-efc5cc2858ba)

Title Page (#ucdcf84dd-7e94-5bd9-a951-7df064493517)

Copyright (#u076a2208-2c01-5b08-b47c-78fddc96aeee)

I Dreamed About a Boy (#u289b900a-c351-5557-bd12-478b98c02f1b)

Sunday, November 9 (#u11e4b8f6-5b66-52d8-9514-b96683451945)

Bambi (#u19b10d5a-733f-5f78-965a-8d166d80e7c2)

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (#ue460c092-f8f4-581e-bbe3-5ba17beae429)

Under the Table (#u0af9eac2-9914-56ef-a125-ecd5cdb8156f)

The Detective’s Daughter (#u2b3c4e18-a877-5928-a0f7-363addd59783)

Before (#ub8bd6096-acf7-5190-a6b3-1bac855ce1a5)

Traverse City (#ud5ea4f8f-c0cd-58f3-95f7-9506a40712a1)

I Dreamed I Was a Dream of a Dream (#u8e7e30ca-75cc-571a-8415-eafe2a8bac36)

Monday, November 10 (#u8492c547-6647-55e4-bada-d28cbae0f785)

Detroit Diamonds (#ub966b9e7-2191-54d3-b0ab-adc1436bb699)

Writings on the Whiteboard (#u36091736-1753-56a5-a096-ecf273017430)

Before (#u4478f8e3-ddde-546f-8ce8-a03fdb44c5c4)

History of Art (#ub10c75bf-8b63-5b05-a99f-6c6f9b0a5da3)

Trajectories (#uf0fffb45-3b51-5ad7-9acf-650505575f8d)

Studs and Holes (#ua89c2cf8-4b30-51ae-8efc-c32f12919c17)

I Dreamed I Was a Man (#ud5f5abc8-d2cb-52bd-8a1e-b03d5a836c76)

Tuesday, November 11 (#u78150c7b-e3be-5443-b08e-c3c3e61b1f99)

Scar Tissue (#ue498f269-5df6-5998-8bc3-fc25cc6ed87b)

The Skin You’re In (#u246ce627-4a8e-569d-a16c-78f099a53422)

Anywhereland (#ue37b2781-f80b-5002-8ad6-33431e875b56)

The Bright (#litres_trial_promo)

Higher Power (#litres_trial_promo)

The Art of Fishing (#litres_trial_promo)

Playing the Game (#litres_trial_promo)

Wednesday, November 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Branches of Enquiry (#litres_trial_promo)

Opening Up (#litres_trial_promo)