Shining Girls is a gripping crime drama. It features a time-traveling serial killer who goes after strong women across eras. Kirby Mazrachi, the lone survivor, teams up with a journalist. Together, they hunt down her attacker to stop his bloody rampage. Mystery, action and sci-fi mix together, making a story that keeps you hooked. You won’t want to look away.

Meet the characters from Shining Girls

Kirby Mazrachi

Kirby is the kind of heroine you nervously root for — sharp, stubborn, and painfully curious, like a detective who drank too much coffee and forgot to stop caring. She’s a survivor with a crooked smile and a file drawer full of sticky notes, forever digging through clues even when she should probably sleep (she does not sleep, truly). There’s a wry, flinty humor under all the trauma, and she’ll snap at you for pity but then give you a sandwich if you look sad — inconsistent but believable. Also she collects ridiculous old recipe cards for some reason, and sometimes insists she hates tea but then makes a very specific ritual out of brewing it.

Dan Velazquez

Dan is the quietly steady one — a journalist/partner-in-crime-solving type who’s annoyingly dependable in a comforting way, like a favorite old jacket that’s seen better days. He’s warm, a little clumsy with feelings, and suspiciously into jazz records and late-night diner coffee (he swears it’s just “research”). He’ll argue with you about ethics and then bring you flowers because he’s secretly mushier than he admits, which is both frustrating and adorable. Also I could swear he has a scar that means nothing and also everything, and he’s terrible at remembering names but remembers exact quotes from obscure interviews.

Harper Curtis

Harper is the most unsettling character — soft-spoken, eerily polite, and somehow charming until the charm peels away and you remember he’s terrifying. He’s a time-jumping monster and oddly domestic about it, like he arranges things in the house with surgical calm and then ruins lives (so casual). There’s a weird childlike obsession in him, singing tunelessly to himself one minute and cold-blooded the next — contradictions for days and yes they’re intentional. He collects tiny souvenirs (matchbooks? receipts?) and talks about destiny like he’s quoting a badly written poem, which makes you itch.

Jin-Sook

Jin-Sook is the quietly fierce elder/neighbor type who notices everything and doesn’t suffer nonsense, in the best possible way — the sort of person who will call you out and then feed you kimchi. She’s practical, sharp-tongued, and has this stubborn tenderness that sneaks out at the weirdest times, like when she fusses over a plant that should’ve died years ago. She’s both full of ancient wisdom and annoying modern contradictions (for example, she swears by a paper calendar but also texts emojis like a teen). Little details: she chains her keys together with improbable charms and sometimes forgets where she put them five minutes later — human, adorable, fierce.

Rachel

Rachel is the friend/confidante who’s messy in the best way: fierce, funny, and the person who says the truth while handing you a drink. She’s practical and flaky at the same time — will show up to help with a case then leave mid-conversation because a cat needed rescuing or because she remembered an obscure podcast. Deeply loyal, unexpectedly brave, and prone to dramatic tangents about pop culture that are oddly relevant, she brightens scenes without trying too hard. Also she has a tiny obsession with vintage lipsticks and hoards postcards, which makes her the kind of person you’d want in your corner (unless you steal her lipstick).