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The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay
Brittany Pressley
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What connects a massacre in a Blockbuster video store in 1999 with the murder of four teenagers fifteen years later?
It's New Year's Eve of 1999 when four teenagers working late are attacked at a Blockbuster video store in New Jersey. 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, four more teenagers 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 is forced to relive the horrors of her tragedy; the brother of the fugitive accused, who is convinced the police have the wrong suspect; and FBI agent Sarah Keller, who must delve into the secrets of both nights to uncover the truth about the night shift murders...
'A terrific thriller, tautly written with compelling characters. I was totally hooked' PETER JAMES
'Wow, this is crime fiction at its best. Instantly immersive, pacy and propulsive, and full of surprises. Alex Finlay is the real deal, believe me' LEE CHILD

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9781803286402
      • File size: 247244 KB
      • Duration: 08:35:05

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 3, 2022
      The pseudonymous Finlay’s strong sophomore effort (after 2021’s Every Last Fear) opens on New Year’s Eve 1999 at a Linden, N.J., Blockbuster Video store, where the manager and three teenage employees are murdered; only a fourth employee, Ella Monroe, survives. The chief suspect, high school student Vince Whitaker, disappears. Fifteen years later, the words the killer whispered as he stabbed Ella, “Goodnight, pretty girl,” still haunt her. When the Linden high school principal asks Ella, now a therapist, to counsel student Jessica Duvall, the only survivor of a copycat crime at a local ice cream store, she reluctantly agrees to do so. Thrust back into her nightmare, Ella struggles to help Jessica, who’s fixated on the Blockbuster slayings. When Jessica is charged with the ice cream store murders, her public defender has reason to conceal his own ties to Whitaker. Meanwhile, as an FBI agent and a Linden police officer investigate, small-town secrets from the past and the present start to emerge. Finlay does a fine job weaving the tangled lives and crimes together in a suspenseful tale that’s marred only by a forced conclusion. Thriller fans will eagerly await Finlay’s next. Agent: Lisa Erbach Vance, Aaron Priest Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Devon Hales, Cady McClain, Brittany Pressley, and Gary Tiedemann narrate Alex Finlay's thriller, which centers on a brutal murder that occurrs at the local Dairy Queen. Three high school girls are left for dead. One survives. The attack is reminiscent of a murder at a Blockbuster Video 15 years earlier. The use of four narrators works well due to each narrator's strong performance. As Ella, Pressley is empathetic. McClain, as FBI agent Keller, narrates with precision. Tiedemann, as Chris, emphasizes a sense of yearning. Finally, Hales, as Katie, expresses feelings of sadness and fear. Buoyed by these narrators' talents, listeners will be eager to follow the investigation to solve the murders. P.P.C. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

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