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.
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Happy Pub Day to this incredible book!! I finished this one in about 8 hours because I couldn’t put it down! Do yourself a favor and put it on your TBR now.
On New Years Eve 1999 (otherwise known as Y2K) someone came into the Blockbuster at closing time and killed all but one of the workers there. Fifteen years later, something very similar happens in the same town in an ice cream shop. The FBI is called in to work with the local detectives to make connections with the 1999 case. Special Agent Keller joins with young detective Atticus to research and re-interview old witnesses from that case. What they uncover is quite disturbing. Meanwhile, 1999 survivor, Ella, is called in to help counsel the present survivor, Jesse. While getting to know Jesse, Ella discovers secrets about the case that could uncover the killer.
This was one of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. I was on the edge of my seat, constantly guessing who did it and how everything would come together in the end. This book was so well written and very entertaining! I loved Special Agent Keller. She was so tough and determined, despite being 8 months pregnant. I also really liked Ella and Chris. That prologue had me hooked! A mass murder in Blockbuster?!? I have to admit, i predicted the murderer really early on, but that didn’t change how great the books was. The ending of the book was so good and a little sad. I definitely want to read more books by this author!
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