The Night Shift: A Novel
From 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.
One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022: - PopSugar - Goodreads - Book Riot - BookBub - The Nerd Daily - SheReads - Crime by the Book "The night was expected to bring tragedy." So begins one of the most highly-anticipated thrillers in recent years. It's New Year's Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos: planes falling from the sky, elevators plunging to earth, world markets collapsing. A digital apocalypse. None of that happens. But at a Blockbuster Video in New Jersey, four teenagers working late at the store are attacked. Only one inexplicably survives. Police quickly identify a suspect, the boyfriend of one of the victims, who flees and is never seen again. Fifteen years later, more teenage employees are attacked at an ice cream store in the same town, and again only one makes it out alive. 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. 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.BUY THE BOOK
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I enjoyed this, and didn't expect the ending. It was fun visiting the time frame, but I didnt feel like it was a great book club conversation book.
New Year's Eve 1999 - a murderer strikes the night shift employees at a local Blockbuster, killing all but one employee. 15 years later, the scene is very similar at an ice cream shop in the same town. The MO is exactly the same... the night shift is attacked with only one survivor.
So first of all, the only thing I could think about during this novel as they were talking about the murders was how similar this was to the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in TX (sorry, true crime junkie here!).
But anyway... This was my first Alex Finlay novel and it did not disappoint! I truly enjoyed reading this and was hooked from the very beginning. It's good "who-done-it" type of book. Some of the book was predictable, but most of the time, I didn't see what was coming next. This is definitely a book I would recommend!
So first of all, the only thing I could think about during this novel as they were talking about the murders was how similar this was to the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in TX (sorry, true crime junkie here!).
But anyway... This was my first Alex Finlay novel and it did not disappoint! I truly enjoyed reading this and was hooked from the very beginning. It's good "who-done-it" type of book. Some of the book was predictable, but most of the time, I didn't see what was coming next. This is definitely a book I would recommend!
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