Bright Young Women
閃耀青春女子
內容介紹
- Marysue Rucci Books即將於十月出版，信心滿滿首刷25萬本！
- 由Netflix 排行榜No.1電影《最幸運的女孩》(Luckiest Girl Alive)的作者所寫，靈感來源於真實事件，美國第一位名人連環殺手在其最後一次瘋狂謀殺中將目標鎖定在聯誼姊妹會上。
「潔西卡．諾爾最傑出的小說——這部無所畏懼，並令人想起美好事物的小說，道出小報對魔鬼的迷戀，並呈現那些真實故事下，既活潑又聰明的女性。」─ 勞拉．戴夫（Laura Dave），《紐約時報》暢銷作《他最後告訴我的事》（The Last Thing He Told Me）作者
「一本引人注目，能使讀者沉浸其中的故事。我閱讀時，心頭湧現強烈情感。」麗莎．朱厄爾（Lisa Jewell），《紐約時報》暢銷作《無一為真》（None of This Is Tru）作者
兩位來自國家不同地方的女性，因相同男性的暴力罪行結識。她們結盟，成為一對姊妹淘。這對姊妹淘為了避免正義棄她們於不顧，將主動出擊，揭開真相。
擅長將心理懸疑和真實犯罪案件融入故事，潔西卡．諾爾（Jessica Knoll）——暢銷小說《最幸運的女孩》（Luckiest Girl Alive）作者，且Netflix將該書改編為戲劇，由蜜拉．庫妮絲（Mila Kunis）主演——即將發表全新、受矚目的懸疑小說《閃耀青春女子》（Bright Young Women）。
1978年1月，一名連環殺手恐嚇了整個西北太平洋地區的女性，但對於佛羅里達州立大學達拉哈西校區頂級女生聯誼會中朝氣蓬勃的年輕女性來說，連環殺手的存在與她們毫無關係。今晚是一個充滿希望、興奮和欲望的夜晚，但聯誼會主席潘蜜拉-舒馬赫（Pamela Schumacher）卻做出了一個不受歡迎的決定--留在家裡--這個決定卻無意中挽救了她的生命。淩晨三點，她被一陣奇怪的聲音驚醒，於是她做出了一個致命的決定：去調查一下。她在門後發現了令人難以置信的暴力場景--她的兩個姐妹死亡，另外兩個姐妹致殘。在接下來的幾天裡，潘蜜拉被捲入了一個可怕的謎團，而這個謎團的靈感正是來自於這起吸引了公眾興趣長達四十多年的犯罪案件。
在美國的另一端，蒂娜．卡農（Tina Cannon）確信一位報紙提到的男子，已經盯上她失蹤的朋友。曾經在一次偶然的機會，25 歲的露絲-沃卓斯基（Ruth Wachowsky）闖入了蒂娜的生活。光天化日之下，露絲卻在薩馬米什湖州立公園失蹤，那是一個美麗的夏日，周圍有成千上萬的海灘遊客。蒂娜決心要替露絲找到真相，當她聽說達拉哈西發生的悲劇時，她知道是那個被報紙稱為 "全美性愛殺手 "的人幹的。她下定決心要讓他為對露絲所做的一切負責，於是她來到佛羅里達州，與潘蜜拉--還有最後一個即將發生的悲劇—展開了一場激烈衝突。
作者介紹
潔西卡．諾爾（Jessica Knoll）為《紐約時報》暢銷作《最幸運的女孩》作者，該書即將翻拍為電影，由獅門娛樂（Lionsgate）製作，瑞斯．薇絲朋（Reese Witherspoon）演出。她曾於《柯夢波丹》（Cosmopolitan）擔任資深編輯，於《悅己》（Self）負責藝術編輯。她於費城郊區成長，畢業於賓州（Pennsylvania）布林默爾（Bryn Mawr）的希普利學校（Shipley School）、紐約傑尼瓦（Geneva）的赫伯特和威廉史密斯學院（Hobart and William Smith Colleges）。她和丈夫以及他們飼養的鬥牛犬比阿特莉絲（Beatrice）居住在洛杉磯。《摯愛的姊姊》（The Favorite Sister）為她第二本小說。
書評
"Bright Young Women doesn’t put its focus on the murderer. It's more interested in his victims—and the survivors who are on a mission to catch him before he kills again.”— TIME, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023
"Inspired by the real-life case of the “All-American Sex Killer,” the new novel from Jessica Knoll aims to flip the usual serial killer story upside down. Knoll’s book focuses on the women involved—victims, survivors, and investigators—and turns a bright light on the banality of evil." — Goodreads, 55 Most Anticipated Books of Fall
"Jessica Knoll is a careful writer, and this, her third novel, is a perfect match for her cold dissection of social mores and her fierce rage at misogyny. Knoll takes on the story of Ted Bundy, told from the perspective of a student who survives a horrific attack on a sorority house... Some may claim that the crime genre is rift with misogyny; those people have not read Jessica Knoll. She tears apart the restrictive world of women’s roles and lays bare the purpose of such hobbles: to keep women from making a scene, to keep them from seeking justice, and most of all, to keep them from seeking their own lives." — CrimeReads/LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2023
"Bright Young Women braids the stories of two survivors, Pamela and Tina, and their fervent bond forged through grief and a pursuit of justice." — Bustle, The 35 Best New Books of Fall 2023
“A stunning, engaging subversion of the Bundy myth—and the true-crime genre.”— Kirkus (Starred Review)
“Stunning… By focusing on the women affected by her Ted Bundy stand-in instead of the nuances of his criminal psychology, Knoll movingly reframes an American obsession without stripping it of its intrigue. The results are masterful.”— Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)
"An utterly absorbing, disturbing, and absolutely essential read.”— Booklist (starred review)
“An unsettling and thrilling page-turner… Knoll’s haunting, must-read account will captivate [readers] until the end.”— Library Journal (starred Review)
"Bright Young Women is a fearless and intoxicating ride into the aftershocks of a series of brutal murders. Knoll explores in vivid, pointillist prose the effects on the ‘bright young women’ of the title, both the victims snuffed out in their glorious prime, and those left behind in their wake. It's a compelling, almost hypnotic read and I loved it with a passion." — Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling Author of Then She Was Gone
"Bright Young Women is Jessica Knoll at her best—an unflinching and evocative novel about the tabloid fascination with evil and the dynamic and brilliant women who have the real stories to tell." — Laura Dave, New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me
"Blistering and powerful, Bright Young Women is an almost unbearably vivid story of sisterhood and survival. With razor-sharp skill, Jessica Knoll deconstructs the myth of a criminal mastermind, revealing the women he seeks to destroy as the truly brilliant ones." — Flynn Berry, New York Times bestselling author of Northern Spy and Under the Harrow