Bright Objects

One of The New York Times 10 Best Thrillers of 2024 One of The New Yorker 's Best Books of 2024 One of Publishers Weekly ’s Best Books of 2024 A “luminous, unusual, unexpected” ( The New York Times ) debut novel blending mystery, psychological suspense, astronomy, and romance, in which a young widow faces the life-altering arrival of a rare comet, perfect for fans of Emma Cline’s The Girls and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Death in Her Hands . Sylvia Knight is losing hope that the person who killed her hus