Kirby is the one that got away. She managed to live through a vicious attack
by a man she did not know. She can’t put
the incident behind her. She wants to
find the man and make him pay for what he did.
She starts to hunt the hunter.
Harper enters a house during the Depression
in Chicago and finds more than a place to stay.
He finds his mission in life and a doorway into other times. He starts to stalk the shining girls, visiting
them in childhood and introducing himself to them only to return when they are
vibrant young adults and taking their lives.
Harper always leaves something meaningful behind.
I was fine with the idea of the time
traveling but I was disappointed that more wasn’t revealed about this strange house
that opened up onto the same Chicago street at different times between the
1930s and 1990s. The book was a page
turner and I wanted to see the killer stopped, especially by a woman who was
his only living victim, but I must admit I am still fuzzy as to why he even
started.
