The Night Shift

A Novel

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  • "The
  • Night
  • Shift
  • is
  • an
  • engrossing
  • and
  • vibrant
  • novel,
  • and
  • I
  • loved
  • watching
  • my
  • fair
  • city
  • shine
  • in
  • these
  • pages.
  • This
  • is
  • a
  • great
  • book
  • for
  • readers
  • who
  • love
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • after
  • dark,
  • and
  • who
  • see
  • mysterious
  • possibilities
  • around
  • every
  • corner." —
  • Emma
  • Straub,
  • New
  • York
  • Times
  • Bestselling
  • Author
  • of
  • All
  • Adults
  • HereOnly
  • by
  • traveling
  • into
  • the
  • past
  • can
  • Jean
  • discover
  • a
  • happy
  • future…Hidden
  • behind
  • back
  • doors
  • of
  • bars
  • and
  • restaurants
  • and
  • theaters
  • and
  • shops
  • all
  • over
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • are
  • shortcuts—secret
  • passageways
  • that
  • allow
  • you
  • to
  • jump
  • through
  • time
  • and
  • space
  • to
  • emerge
  • in
  • different
  • parts
  • of
  • the
  • city.
  • No
  • one
  • knows
  • where
  • they
  • came
  • from,
  • but
  • there
  • are
  • rules—you
  • can
  • only
  • travel
  • through
  • them
  • one
  • way
  • and
  • only
  • at
  • night.When
  • Jean’s
  • work
  • friend
  • Iggy
  • introduces
  • her
  • to
  • the
  • shortcuts,
  • it’s
  • to
  • help
  • shorten
  • her
  • commute
  • between
  • her
  • night
  • shifts
  • bartending
  • and
  • her
  • work
  • at
  • an
  • upscale
  • bakery.
  • Jean
  • is
  • intrigued
  • but
  • has
  • a
  • hard
  • time
  • shaking
  • the
  • side
  • effects—the
  • shortcuts
  • make
  • her
  • more
  • talkative,
  • more
  • open
  • to
  • discussing
  • her
  • past
  • and
  • recalling
  • memories
  • she’s
  • tried
  • hard
  • to
  • forget.When
  • Iggy
  • goes
  • missing,
  • Jean
  • believes
  • it’s
  • related
  • to
  • the
  • shortcuts
  • and
  • his
  • growing
  • obsession
  • with
  • them.
  • But
  • as
  • she
  • starts
  • digging
  • into
  • their
  • origins,
  • she
  • comes
  • to
  • find
  • a
  • strange
  • connection
  • between
  • herself
  • and
  • the
  • shortcuts.
  • A
  • shimmering,
  • propulsive
  • novel
  • set
  • in
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • during
  • the
  • early
  • aughts
  • and
  • across
  • time,
  • The
  • Night
  • Shift
  • shows
  • that
  • by
  • confronting
  • the
  • past
  • can
  • we
  • reshape
  • our future.
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