Book guide
The Luminaries
A gold-rush town’s secrets align like stars around a vanishing man and a hidden fortune.
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About The Luminaries
In 1866 Hokitika, New Zealand, prospector Walter Moody arrives to find twelve men secretly discussing unsolved crimes: a vanished wealthy man, an attempted suicide and a fortune found with a drunk. The Booker-winning novel unfolds as an intricate historical mystery structured around astrology.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- racism
- racial slurs
- drug abuse
- violence
- drug use
- addiction
- miscarriage
- murder
- sexism
- suicidal behaviour
- human trafficking
- gun violence
- sexual content
