Bright Young Women

Bright Young Women

Jessica Knoll

#3918 of 8,085 books · #1145 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (2024).

Bright Young Women won the Goodreads Choice Award and was a New York Times Bestseller. 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. 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.