Bright Young Women

A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick New York Times Bestseller A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist **Bright Young Women is an unflinching thriller based on Ted Bundy's heinous crimes, as two women search for justice in the wake of his brutal murders. From Jessica Knoll, author of the New York Times bestseller and #1 Netflix movie Luckiest Girl Alive. 'A compelling, almost hypnotic read' – Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This is True** Tallahassee, 1978. Sorority president Pamela Schumacher wakes to a shocking scene of implausible violence and death, and is drawn into a mystifying crime that grips the nation for decades . . . In Seattle, Tina Cannon connects her best friend's disappearance to the Tallahassee tragedy, and is convinced that a single man is responsible. Determined to find justice, the two join forces as their search for answers leads to a final, shocking confrontation . . . 'Knoll deconstructs the myth of a criminal mastermind, revealing the women he seeks to destroy as the truly brilliant ones' – Flynn Berry, author of Northern Spy **'A sharp examination of our culture's obsession with serial killers and true crime' – Harper's Bazaar, Best Books of the Year 'Knoll sets about dismantling every last Bundy myth with a controlled but palpable rage' – Catherine Ryan Howard, author of Run Time** It proposes a new narrative inspired by evidence that’s been glossed over for decades in favour of more salable headlines—that the so-called brilliant and charismatic serial killer from Seattle was far more average than the countless books, movies, and primetime specials have led us to believe, and that it was the women whose lives he cut short who were the exceptional ones.