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Rent Day Shift: A Novel of Midnight, Texas
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: Mar 2016
Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - Contemporary
Retail Price: $9.99
Ages: 18 - UP Pages: 400
Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels returns to the one-stoplight town from Midnight Crossroad, a place where no one is quite what they seem…
There is no such thing as bad publicity, except in Midnight, Texas, where the residents like to keep to themselves. When psychic Manfred Bernado finds himself embroiled in a scandal and hounded by the press after one of his regular clients dies during a reading, he turns to enigmatic, beautiful, and dangerous Olivia Charity for help. Somehow he knows that the mysterious Olivia can get things back to normal. As normal as things get in Midnight…
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Reviews
A solid middle entry to Harris' trilogy about a supernatural town in Texas where most of the residents aren't entirely human. In this entry, Manfred, the town's newest resident and online psychic has to call on the residents of Midnight to help him clear his name after a client dies mysteriously and her son accuses him of stealing her jewels. Meanwhile, the Rev takes in a strange new child while vampire Lemuel is away for most of the book looking for a translator for the ancient books discovered in the previous volume. One of the things I like best about this series (so far) has been the leisurely way Harris allows the characters to reveal themselves to each other and to the reader. While it can occasionally feel frustrating, I mostly like that there's no rush to get to 'answers.' However, this focus on the characters can sometimes lead to a plot that feels somewhat disjointed. Especially in this volume, the main 'mystery' gets solved in a really rushed way that didn't feel of a piece with the rest of the book. I'm still looking forward to the third volume, but more to spend time with these characters than to find out what happens.