“Dig it: what a brilliant crime-phantasmagoria novel this is!!!!! It’s a krazy kwilt that triumphantly works all the way!!! There is more urban decay than fifty seasons of ‘The Wire’ and a hundred reruns of ‘Bladerunner.’ There’s a feminine hero that makes that spacewoman in the ‘Alien’ flix look like a wuss. This splendid novel is THE new primer on urban decay to the nth degree. I unhesitatingly urge you to buy it and read it now!” – James Ellroy, author of American Tabloid

“Lauren Beukes is a marvel. Broken Monsters is a brilliant genre-defying thriller that breathes humanity and compassion for its rich, complex characters even as it gives you a hair-raising, nail-biting ride through gritty inner-city Detroit. A must-read.”—Alice LaPlante, author of Turn of Mind

“With Broken Monsters, the wildly talented Lauren Beukes has created a darkly majestic jewel of a novel, surpassing even The Shining Girls (no mean feat). Part harrowing thriller, part urban-Grimm’s fairytale, but always filled with a deeply affecting humanity, Broken Monsters is the kind of book you’ll find yourself pressing into the hands of everyone you know so they can experience it too.” –Megan Abbott, author of The Fever

"Broken Monsters is a show-stopping story of a city trying to rise from its own ashes, its inhabitants struggling with their own demons, and monster working to shape the world to match his most disturbing visions. It's beautiful, horrifying, thrilling, and most impressive of all, possessed of a deep and remarkable compassion. I wish I'd written it." —Ivy Pochoda, author of Visitation Street