Nightshift
18 February 2021Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Nightshift is a story of obsession set in London’s liminal world of nightshift workers.
When twenty-three-year-old Meggie meets distant and enigmatic Sabine, she recognizes in her the person she would like to be. Giving up her daytime existence, her reliable boyfriend, and the trappings of a normal life in favour of working the same nightshifts as Sabine could be the perfect...
Details
18 February 2021412 minutes
Olivia Darnley
9781529010428Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Exciting and provocative . . . Daring and dark, it explores themes of nihilism, escape, and desire, with classic noir echoes of Patricia Highsmith. Is it possible to become someone else?Julianne Pachico, author of The Anthill
A firecracker of a book - toxic, sexy, pacy and packed with humour.Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory
A brilliantly compulsive, unnerving read. A meditation on obsessive female friendship that sinks into the bone.Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch
A darkly compulsive debut, charged with the vertigo of sleeplessness, intoxication and obsessive intimacyNaomi Booth, author of Exit Management
