Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Blog Tour for Booktoure

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Taken in the Cold by Roger Stelljes Synopsis: "Make sure you wrap up warm for school, honey. A blizzard is on the way." Ten-year-old Teddy rolls his eyes at his mother. But then he hears a bang... By the time police arrive, Teddy's mother is dead. His open school backpack is strewn across the hallway. And Teddy is nowhere to be found.   When gunshots ring out from an exclusive family home on the edge of Northern Pine Lake,  Agent Tori Hunter  races through the gathering snowstorm to discover that  ten-year-old Teddy Marist has disappeared . His mother and her new boyfriend are dead in the family kitchen, breakfast still cooking on the stove. And racing to track down Teddy's father,  Tori finds he is missing too.   Local police are certain this is a simple case of a jealous ex-husband turned violent over his recent divorce. But interviewing everyone she can about Teddy's father, Tori's gut has her questioning if he would really kidnap his own child?  An...
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The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

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Title: The Night Shift
Author: Alex Finlay
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Format: Kindle
No. of Pages: 368
Date of Publication: March 01, 2022




Description: One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2022: • PopSugar • Goodreads • Book Riot • BookBub • The Nerd Daily • SheReads • Crime by the Book

From the author of the breakout thriller Every Last Fear, comes Alex Finlay's electrifying next novel 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.

My Thoughts: This was a must pick-up after reading Alex Finlay's debut book Every Last Fear and it did not disappoint. The Night Shift jumps right into a blockbuster murder where the killer was never caught. Then 15 years later there is another murder at an ice cream shop that is eerily similar to the Blockbuster murder. A survivor from the blockbuster murder is brought in to work with the survivor of the ice cream shop murders due to her unique experience and her career choice of a therapist. The FBI has sent pregnant agent Sarah Keller to who delves into both murders in an attempt to solve them.

Alex Finlay's, The Night Shift, keeps you on your toes. It is action packed and filled with unseen twists and turns. It makes you wonder what Agent Keller is doing as she works towards solving the cases. The lone survivor of the Blockbuster massacre is relatable and you can understand how her experience has affected her well into her adulthood. 

There are definitely some similarities between Every Last Fear and The Night Shift that I continued to pick up on even though they are not part of a series. You have a person who is the suspect for a murder in both books and yet a surviving family member who believes that law enforcement has the wrong suspect. The murderer in each books also catches you off guard as it is someone you are not expecting.

Rating: 4 out of 5. I am giving this only 4 stars because I found the similarities between both books a little too much after a while. I will be watching though to see what else Alex Finlay comes up with in the next book.

Many thanks to Minotaur Books and Netgalley for this review copy. This is my honest opinion.

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