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The Night Shift

By: Natalka Burian
Narrated by: Sarah Beth Pfeifer
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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 Here

Only 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.

©2022 Natalka Burian (P)2022 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

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Masterpiece

I’m shocked this book doesn’t have thousands of reviews already. You gotta read it - best novel I’ve listened to in a long time.

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Gripping & easy read

This novel will grab you from the very first sentence. You’ll dive into a mystery involving, time travel, long held trauma and the importance of friendship. Highly recommend even if you’re not usually a sci-fi fan. It never feels over fantastical. The author gives great reasoning for everything.

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Love the story

Have read all of Natalka Burian’s books, The Night Shift is my favorite so far. Prefer the read to the listen, though.

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“Shortcuts” through time in NYC

When the protagonist learns she can take shortcuts through time by going through hidden portals (in places like a diner), this book gets very fun. She does it out of necessity - has several back-to-back jobs and can’t get to the later one on time until a friend shows her the workaround. The only hitch - one can’t go backwards through them or during daylight without potentially getting lost forever in the portal.
She has to find a way to search for a friend of hers who disappeared in between the portals without being engulfed herself.

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