The Midnight Shift

A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness. When four isolated elderly people commit suicide back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn''t understand why she''s the only one at her precinct that seems to care. Dismissing the case as a series of unfortunate events due to the patients'' loneliness, the police force doesn''t engage. But Su-Yeon doesn''t have the privilege of looking away: her dearest friend, Grandma Eun-Shim, lives on the sixth floor, and Su-Yeon is terrified that something will happen to her next. As Su-Yeon begins her investigation alone, she runs into a mysterious woman named Wanda at the crime scene. Wanda, hot on the trail of her ex-lover, Lily, gives Su-Yeon the answer to her investigation: a vampire did it . Su-Yeon is skeptical at first, but then a fifth victim jumps from the window and her investigation reveals the body was completely drained of blood. Desperate to discover the cause of the deaths, Su-Yeon considers Wanda''s explanation-that something supernatural is involved. 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 .

Product details

• Authors: Seon-Ran Cheon, Gene Png
• Assisted by: Gene Png (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 12.08.2025
• EAN: 9781526679833
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-7983-3
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, FICTION / Romance / Paranormal / Vampires, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Conjuring & Magic, FICTION / Romance / LGBTQ+ / General