The police never found the original suspect after he disappeared and the FBI has been brought in to determine if that same suspect has returned for a second crime and why.Įlla, the lone survivor of the Blockbuster murders, is a therapist who struggles with relationships and engages in risky behavior.
Side Effects: A compulsion to make sure you’ve rewound and returned all of your old Blockbuster videos!ĭirections: This thriller weaves together two stories, that of the lone survivor of a horrific set of murders at a Blockbuster Video store in the late 90’s and a similar event fifteen years later at an ice cream shop in the same town. 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.Prescribed for: Thriller readers who loved Jessica Hamilton’s, “What You Never Knew” and Riley Sager’s “Home Before Dark.” And anyone who loved the movie “Crash.” 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 Most Anticipated Books of 2022: 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.
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