Bright Objects

A young widow grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences,in a debut novel that blends mysteryastronomyand romanceperfect for fans of Emma ClineΓÇÖs The Girls and Ottessa MoshfeghΓÇÖs 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-runher world has been shrouded in hazy darknessΓÇöuntil she meets Theo St. Johnthe discoverer of a rare comet soon to be visible to the naked eye. As the comet begins to brightenSylvia wonders what the apparition might signify. She is soon drawn into the orbit of local mystic Joseph Evanswho believes the cometΓÇÖs arrival is nothing short of a divine message. Finding herself caught between two conflicting perspectives of this celestial phenomenonshe struggles to define for herself where the reality lies. As the comet grows in the skyher town slowly descends further and further into a fervor over its impending apexand SylviaΓÇÖs quest to uncover her husbandΓÇÖs killer will push her and those around her to the furthest reaches of their very lives. A novel about the search for meaning in a bewildering worldthe loyalty of loveand the dangerous lengths people go to in pursuit of obsessionBright Objects is a luminousmasterfully crafted literary thriller.