The Night time Shift by Gemma Roberts

Gemma Roberts has written a particular novel that takes place over simply one-night shift, however don’t be fooled; it’s action-packed and troublesome to place down.

The Synopsis of The Night time Shift

How can one 12-hour evening shift be so lethal?

I liked the anonymity, flexibility and solitude that working the evening shift at Storage Queen gave me.

The unsociable hours paid properly, serving to me fund my college diploma and giving me a quiet place to review whereas the world slept peacefully of their heat, cozy beds. It was the proper job for me.

However that Friday evening proved to be greater than I bargained for when a person walked via the door, dragging a big suitcase.

My instant instincts instructed me one thing was improper.

That’s when my ordeal started.

I simply needed to make it via the evening shift.

A pacy, heart-stopping, page-turning thriller for the followers of Shari Lapena and Lisa Jewell.

Extra about The Night time Shift

Think about spending your nights working as safety in a storage unit alone. Properly, that’s precisely what Nina does to fund her College diploma. She has dreamt of being a physician since she was first identified with diabetes as a teen, and nothing goes to cease her—not an prolonged journey to Thailand together with her boyfriend or a crazed particular person stalking the corridors of Storage Queen, the place she works.

It was meant to be one other uneventful night at work. Nina had an project due, so the Friday evening shift was the proper time to review. Little did she know at the beginning of the night that no learning would happen.

When she took over, there was only one couple unloading packing containers into their storage unit. Later, after they left, a solo man arrived carrying a slightly heavy bag, which he then took as much as the highest ground. That ought to have been the top of it, and if solely Nina had stayed at her desk, it will have been one other uneventful night.

Nonetheless, whereas doing her night rounds to make sure all was okay, she thought she heard a scream, which led to her checking CCTV, marking down quantity plates and asking questions that may solely get her into hassle. Mainly, her inquisitive nature results in an evening enjoying cat-and-mouse with a possible killer now out so as to add her to the checklist of victims.

Will she survive? Will she turn out to be the physician she has all the time dreamt of turning into? Solely time will inform, and with 12 hours till the following particular person arrives on shift, this can be very unlikely.

My ideas on The Night time Shift

The Night time Shift by Gemma Roberts is a gripping psychological thriller that thrives on rigidity and isolation. The primary character finds herself in a life-or-death state of affairs unfold throughout a 12-hour timeline and retains you gripped from starting to finish. It’s a fast-paced narrative that retains you on edge and is tough to place down. You might be preventing for Nina simply as a lot as she is preventing for her personal life.

Nina’s character is portrayed as each clever and resourceful, but additionally weak. Whereas including a medical situation – diabetes – into the plot’s Roberts is making a rigidity that’s considerate and efficient, making her battle for survival much more intense.

The story itself builds momentum shortly, and also you quickly really feel the rising sense of hazard alongside Nina. The storage facility serves as an ideal backdrop for suspense, with its darkish corridors and locked models making a maze-like surroundings. Loads of twists and turns preserve the thriller alive, though some moments really feel predictable.

You shortly really feel as trapped as Nina, and the remoted setting solely makes you are feeling much more for the primary character. The quick, punchy chapters make it an easy page-turner, heightening the suspense with every new growth.

There are locations the place the story begins to really feel repetitive, and in locations, it’s important to query the fact of the state of affairs, however general, it was an pleasant novel that might simply be learn in a single sitting.

About Gemma Rogers

Gemma Roberts’s love of writing was impressed by hours spent studying Level Horror, Richard Laymon, and Christopher Pike, with an occasional Judy Blume thrown into the combo. When she is studying or writing, she additionally enjoys a superb scary film, lengthy nation walks, and something that entails consuming cake.

Her first novel, Stalker, was launched in 2019, adopted in 2020 by The Secret and The Instructor. She then printed The Mistake and The Babysitter in 2021 and The Feud in 2022. In 2023, The Neighbour and The Flatmate had been printed, with The Good Spouse and The Honeymoon being launched in 2024.

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