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The Midnight Shift
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The Midnight Shift

Original title
밤에 찾아오는 구원자
Genres
Fiction: literary and general non-genre · Crime and / or mystery fiction · Thriller / suspense fiction · Horror, ghost stories and supernatural fiction · Science fiction · Fantasy
2025
first published in English
Korean
original language
2
edition in English
304
pages

Love is the most despicable excuse. On the lonely outskirts of Seoul, reports come in of a series of suicides at a hospital. The strange and bloodless nature of the elderly victims is dismissed by most, but not Detective Suyeon. As Suyeon begins her investigation, a mysterious woman named Violette appears at the crime scene and gives Suyeon the answer: a vampire did it. The two women begin the hunt for an ancient, supernatural culprit which, in turn, reveals a landscape of modern isolation in a dark, nocturnal Seoul. But as the investigation unfurls, past and present romance and loneliness intertwine it becomes increasingly clear that they, too, are being hunted… Sometimes the monsters we seek are less frightening than being alone. The Midnight Shift is a gripping mystery, overflowing with commentary about societal isolation and loneliness, the sharp knife of grief, and the effects of marginalization, perfect for readers of Cursed Bunny, Woman, Eating and A Certain Hunger.

Editions

2 editions · sort: newest