Tags: Adult, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Horror, Murder mystery, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Filled with fascinating twists and turns, Finlay’s latest thriller presents a vast cast of characters that will connect you to an outstanding whodunit. Content Warnings: murder, violence, teen pregnancy, sexual relationship between an adult and a minor, drug deals, gun violence // – Please educate yourself on the content warnings for this book before reading, as I may have missed some here.įast-paced and thought-inducing, The Night Shift features a spectacular mystery that keeps one yearning for answers. Twisty, poignant, and redemptive, The Night Shift is a story about the legacy of trauma and how the broken can come out on the other side, and it solidifies Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers.Thank you to Minotaur Books and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. In the aftermath of the latest crime, three lives intersect: the lone survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive the horrors of her tragedy the brother of the fugitive accused, who’s convinced the police have the wrong suspect and FBI agent Sarah Keller who must delve into the secrets of both nights-stirring up memories of teen love and lies-to uncover the truth about murders on the night shift. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again.įifteen years later, more teenage employees are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked.

Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. “The night was expected to bring tragedy.” So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers in recent years.

One of the Best or Most Anticipated Books of 2022: Newsweek Ī Library Reads Selection-Best Book Voted By Librarians for March 2022 First Edition.įrom the author of the breakout thriller Every Last Fear, comes Alex Finlay's electrifying next novel The Night Shift, about a pair of small-town murders fifteen years apart-and the ties that bind them.

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