Leanne Olson

The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

Releases March 1, 2022 from Minotaur Books

The Night Shift is a twisty mystery about the possible connection between the murder of teens at a Blockbuster Video store in 1999, and the murder of teens fifteen years later at an ice cream shop.

I loved Alex Finlay’s previous novel, Every Last Fear (which I received in my Sweet Reads Thriller Box last year) and this new book doesn’t disappoint. Finlay has a way of shifting between viewpoints but making the reader care about each character, showing their complex lives without bogging down the mystery with too much backstory. FBI Agent Keller is a wonderfully badass, warm female character, eight months pregnant and my favourite part of the book.

Finlay also manages to create a mystery with lots of twists and turns that are both unpredictable and not too far-fetched. I read The Night Shift in one day, and had a lot of fun with it. This was easily a 5-star mystery for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with a review copy of this book.