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The Night Shift
2022
First Published
3.90
Average Rating
336
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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 Linden, New Jersey, four teenage girls working the night shift are attacked. Only one survives. Police quickly identify a suspect who flees and is never seen again. Fifteen years later, in the same town, four teenage employees working late at an ice cream store are attacked, and again only one makes it out alive. Both surviving victims recall the killer speaking only a few final words... “Goodnight, pretty girl.” In the aftermath, three lives intersect: the survivor of the Blockbuster massacre who’s forced to relive her tragedy; the brother of the original suspect, who’s convinced the police have it wrong; and the FBI agent, who’s determined to solve both cases. On a collision course toward the truth, all three lives will forever be changed, and not everyone will make it out alive. 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 Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in the world of thrillers.

Avg Rating
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Author

Alex Finlay
Alex Finlay
Author · 10 books
Alex Finlay is the author of the 2021 breakout novel, EVERY LAST FEAR, the 2022 Goodreads Choice nominee for Best Mystery and Thriller, THE NIGHT SHIFT, and his latest March 2023 release, LibraryReads Hall of Fame recipient, WHAT HAVE WE DONE. Alex’s novels are regularly on "best of the year" lists, have been translated into nineteen languages and are sold around the world. All of his novels have been optioned for film and television, and EVERY LAST FEAR is in development for a series on a major streaming service. Alex lives in Washington, DC and Virginia.
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