Bright Objects in Bloomington, MN

One of
The New York Times
10 Best Thrillers of 2024
The New Yorker
's Best Books of 2024
Publishers Weekly
’s Best Books of 2024
A “luminous, unusual, unexpected” (
) 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 husband will ever face justice. Since the night of the hit-and-run, her world has been shrouded in hazy darkness—until she meets Theo St. John, the discoverer of a rare comet soon to be visible to the naked eye.
As the comet begins to brighten, Sylvia wonders what the apparition might signify. She is soon drawn into the orbit of local mystic Joseph Evans, who believes the comet’s arrival is nothing short of a divine message. Finding herself caught between two conflicting perspectives of this celestial phenomenon, she struggles to define for herself where the reality lies. As the comet grows in the sky, her town slowly descends further and further into a fervor over its impending apex, and Sylvia’s quest to uncover her husband’s killer will push her and those around her to the furthest reaches of their very lives.
A “smart, propulsively readable” (
Los Angeles Times
) debut about the search for meaning in a bewildering world, the loyalty of love, and the dangerous lengths people go to in pursuit of obsession,
Bright Objects
is a luminous, masterfully crafted literary thriller.