Night Shift

March 7, 2016
Bestseller Harris (the Sookie Stackhouse books) brings a real sense of community to the characters she introduced in Midnight Crossroad and Day Shift, deepening the reader’s connection to an irresistible assortment of phone psychics and cowpunching vampires. The small, strange town of Midnight, Tex., comes complete with its own demon, whose presence is triggering suicides. The locals include weretigers, fallen angels, mercenaries with father issues, and a witch with a broken heart. Fiji Cavanaugh, proprietor of Midnight’s magical shop, finds herself discarding notions of romance with the owner of the local pawnshop as well as receiving advances from the trapped demon. At the same time, she is tangled up with a woman who is being spied on by her wealthy family and their local agents. There is less tangible tension around whether the demon will be imprisoned by the Halloween love ritual than in the question of whom Fiji will choose to perform it with her. Agent: Joshua Bilmes, JABberwocky Literary.

May 15, 2016

Populated by an unusual mix of residents, Midnight, TX, consists of just a few houses and businesses huddled around a single crossroads. That intersection is at the center of the third entry (after Day Shift) of Harris's latest paranormal series. Something is stirring beneath the juncture, and local witch Fiji appears to be the only one who can take care of the problem. VERDICT Small towns have proved fertile imaginary ground for the author of the "Sookie Stackhouse" books. While psychic Manfred was more of the focus of the first two installments, this time we get a closer look at the town's citizens, including Olivia, whose father seems to be seeking her out, bringing trouble to Midnight. [See Prepub Alert, 11/9/15.]--MM

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December 1, 2015

Witches, werewolves, and more are drawn to little Midnight, TX--and they're the very folks needed to stop the mayhem as citizens head to the crossroads to commit suicide. Look for characters from blockbuster author Harris's Sookie Stackhouse and Aurora Teagarden series.

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