Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Night Shift: A Novel
    The Night Shift: A Novel
    The Night Shift: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Night Shift: A Novel

    Written by Alex Finlay

    Narrated by Brittany Pressley, Cady McClain, Devon Hales and Gary Tiedemann

    4/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    From the author of the breakout thriller Every Last Fear, comes Alex Finlay's electrifying next audiobook The Night Shift, about a pair of small-town murders fifteen years apart—and the ties that bind them.

    “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.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMar 1, 2022
    ISBN9781250839695
    Author

    Alex Finlay

    ALEX FINLAY is the author of several critically acclaimed novels, including the 2021 breakout Every Last Fear and the 2022 Goodreads Choice Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller The Night Shift. His work regularly appears on best-of-the-year lists and has been translated into twenty-two languages, and all of his novels have been optioned for film or television. Every Last Fear is in development for a major limited series. Alex lives in Washington, D.C., and Virginia.

    More audiobooks from Alex Finlay

    Related to The Night Shift

    Related audiobooks

    Suspense For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      How To Install Your First Widget

      Feb 9, 2021

      > As you would expect with Apple, the company has made installing widgets in iOS 14 a piece of cake. Your device will come with Apple apps that have their own widgets ready to go, although you might have to launch third-party apps at least once befor

      1 min read

    • Article

      A Double Life

      Dec 7, 2020

      Sadie is in the kitchen, already dressed in school uniform, fastening the clips on the violin she chose for her most recent birthday, when Gabriela heads downstairs the following morning. Seven years old: how the hell did that happen? Briefly, she wo

      6 min read

    • Article

      The heartbeat OF PARIS

      Apr 10, 2024

      The heartbeat OF PARIS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Running Away

      Feb 22, 2021

      Leaving London behind her, Millie drove faster, picturing thousands of crazed fans in pursuit, desperate for what – a lock of her hair? Or Julian; except after the last gig, somehow she knew he wouldn’t follow. She knew from bitter experience that di

      5 min read

    • Article

      Too BAD

      Aug 30, 2022

      Too BAD
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lech

      Feb 8, 2022

      Lech
      4 min read

    • Article

      Proverbs Of A Faceless Time

      Dec 1, 2023

      Proverbs Of A Faceless Time
      9 min read

    • Article

      Book Extract

      May 16, 2022

      Book Extract
      5 min read

    • Article

      O Fortuna, Velut Luna

      Sep 15, 2018

      What is Miss Treece’s trouble, according to a popular notion? The man A has failed to show up. Arousing herself at the restaurant, she fixes her lipstick when her solo supper concludes and takes herself down the stairs situated behind the bar. There,

      3 min read

    • Article

      Decluttering

      Dec 9, 2020

      Decluttering
      6 min read

    • Article

      A Lost Prayer

      Feb 2, 2023

      A Lost Prayer
      10 min read

    • Article

      Bucksaw

      Jun 3, 2019

      From the back seat of the car, Benjamin read the gold-lettered sign at the edge of the rolling green lawn and said, “Why do they call it a correctional facility?” He’d meant only to think the question, rather than speak it, but lately, more and more,

      23 min read

    • Article

      All My Tomorrows

      May 10, 2022

      It was Misha’s first day minding the shop, and already she’d broken the fifth rule. Always lock the door immediately. When you had the most valuable merchandise in the universe, you had to take the utmost precautions. She hadn’t meant to disobey. It

      13 min read

    • Article

      Come with Me

      Dec 1, 2022

      Come with Me
      12 min read

    • Article

      The heartbeat OF PARIS

      Apr 24, 2024

      The heartbeat OF PARIS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Chop-chop

      Feb 6, 2020

      Chop-chop
      6 min read

    • Article

      New Term BLUES

      Sep 2, 2020

      New Term BLUES
      3 min read

    • Article

      Dark DEEDS

      Jan 20, 2021

      Dark DEEDS
      9 min read

    • Article

      Colours

      Mar 8, 2020

      Colours
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE

      Mar 1, 2023

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE
      6 min read

    • Article

      Birdie

      Jan 14, 2020

      Birdie
      24 min read

    • Article

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE

      Mar 1, 2023

      The Other Side Of THE FENCE
      6 min read

    • Article

      They Got Their Show

      Aug 10, 2021

      It is midnight in Ponderosa and Nick Velasquez can’t sleep. The public doesn’t want him to sleep. It’s been like this ever since it hit all the big streaming platforms. The viewers stay up bingeing and he… well, he has been bingeing in his own way. W

      14 min read

    • Article

      Murder Most Fowl

      Mar 12, 2023

      Murder Most Fowl
      2 min read

    • Article

      A FITTING response

      Apr 7, 2021

      A FITTING response
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Night Shift

    4/5

    350 ratings12 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a mix of opinions. Some reviewers found the execution of the idea to be awful and disappointing, while others enjoyed the twisty outcome and entertaining narration. The story evokes a range of emotions and keeps readers engaged with plot twists. However, there are negative reviews mentioning poor character development, confusing plot elements, and unsatisfying conclusions. Despite these criticisms, some readers appreciate the mystery, multiple points of view, and the performance of the narrator. Overall, the book offers a nice little mystery with twists and turns, but it may not be for everyone.

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      If you can put aside that he wrote a MC as 8 months pregnant with twins still working in the field as an FBI agent then the book was fast paced and twisted.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      The book was pretty great except for the ending

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      A nice little mystery that follows three points of view, all of which are enjoyable and well-paced.

      Definitely worth a read.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Terrible story
      Terrible dialog
      Terrible narrator for Keller. She shouts it.
    • 5/5
      A good story ..good writing makes you feel the full spectrum of emotions. It will make you laugh, cry, be scared for your life. A good story will make you cast the characters with actors and write letters to Netflix to see the light and bring the book to the big screen and stream it world wide.
      A good story makes you go listen to the songs that fit as soundtracks to scenes. ( I recommend Moby : One of These Mornings ft. Patti Labelle. One day all of this may be gone fits all the way through the book but especially at the end.)
      The Night Shift is one of those books. The haunting atmosphere of only one girl left alive that permeates chapter by chapter, then the brutal slaying reenacted. I found myself holding my breath ; plot twist after twist. The ending was graphic ,brutal; and Agent Keller I have cast as Poppy Montgomery from Without a Trace. Fearless going head to head in the dark ; that was visceral and heart pounding intense. I believe Alex Finlay loved that show because his killer definitely came from S1 Episode 5 ; the killer in that episode who was possibly one of the most sadistic characters ever written, and Jack Malone was racing against the clock just as our FBI agent Keller was at the end of this book. I would like Agent Kellers character to come back to hunt another killer, or Chris and Ella to come back as people working with the FBI to solve a cold case.
      Good characters like theirs you dont want to let go. Definitely in my top three fave thrillers of 2022!
    • 4/5
      Thus audiobook was so entertaining. I really enjoy it when there are different narrators for each character. It was a twisty outcome but i really enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      This has been on my TBR for a while. I'm so glad I finally read this because it was everything you wanted in a thriller. Layers of stories, huge character involvement, and tins of twists and turns. Eighteen years ago, 4 teens were killed in what the town called the Blockbuster murders. On the survivor remained, and she left town and has moved away, not exactly moving on. She receives a call very early one morning telling her a similar murder has happened, and the survivor is asking for her. This will be one that sticks with you and keeps you gasping up until the very end.
    • 2/5
      I am obviously in the minority but I found the book boring and the narration awful, especially when impersonating the male voices. Also the pacing of the narration and how she would pause in the sentence and then emphasize the next word was odd and distracting. I DNF.
    • 3/5
      I liked that it was sort of twisty. This is generally the kind of book I like. Brittany Pressley can do no wrong in my eyes. Not sure I would have finished if not for her performance, but I was reasonably okay with my investment of time in the novel.
    • 1/5
      The idea was good. The execution was awful. Avoid this book. It's overly dramatic and terribly disappointing.
    • 1/5
      This was terrible from start to finish. Too many POVS and flashbacks and a whole thing about a vlogger that served zero purpose to the story. The conclusion was not satisfying and didn’t make sense. The characters were poorly written, clichéd and fell flat. Do not recommend unfortunately.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book and I find I like this author. I only have one little complaint, the internet said that Every Last Fear was the first Sarah Keller book but this story, I have decided, has to be a prequel. Having listened to Every Last Fear first this had me a bit confused because I thought Sarah had the babies in that book and in this story she is pregnant with them. Despite this, I liked it a lot. Lots of great storytelling and I love Sarah and I love her super supportive husband Bob, he is so terrific in how he calls her G-woman and has her back, plus he takes care of the children. I hope Mr. Finlay writes some more with Agent Keller because she is a great role model for women and she has lots of common sense and is a great detective. I enjoyed all the supporting cast of characters and I sort of guessed about halfway in who the killer was but there were enough red herrings along the way to keep me engaged.