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Bright Objects

By: Ruby Todd
Narrated by: Casey Withoos
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A young widow grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences, in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy, and romance, 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 novel 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.

©2024 Ruby Todd (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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With well developed plot and characters, this is such a wonderful story. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a gripping narrative with characters move you

what an incredible read

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Exceptionally well written and interesting from beginning to end. The book totally exceeded my expectations! I can’t read more by this author in the future, when she writes it!

A wonderful book

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Ruby Todd created a complex psychological drama within a well constructed mystery. The fictional bright object, St. John’s comet was a character in itself.

Creative scientific premise

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… make for a very interesting conjunction in this astronomy-laced tale. I was drawn to the book for the science; but I found myself pulled instead into the emotions and relationships that crossed paths with a comet.

Science and romance…

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Not a bad story but, oh dear, what was the editor thinking?! And that main character was so annoying one almost wished she would die.

Overwrought and emotionally exhausting!!

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