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    Day Shift
    Day Shift
    Day Shift
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    Day Shift

    Written by Charlaine Harris

    Narrated by Susan Bennett

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Charlaine Harris penned the addictive Sookie Stackhouse series. In Day Shift, psychic Manfred Bernardo is hounded by the press after a client drops dead during a reading. Turning to the local vampire's lover for help, Manfred hopes she can put the squeeze on the scandal before someone else is put on ice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 5, 2015
    ISBN9781490661834
    Day Shift
    Author

    Charlaine Harris

    Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She has written four series, and two stand-alone novels, in addition to numerous short stories, novellas, and graphic novels (cowritten with Christopher Golden). Her Sookie Stackhouse books have appeared in twenty-five different languages and on many bestseller lists. They’re also the basis of the HBO series True Blood. Harris now lives in Texas, and when she is not writing her own books, she reads omnivorously. Her house is full of rescue dogs.

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    • 4/5
      Day Shift by Charlaine Harris is a paranormal book that is entertaining. I gave it four stars because it was fast moving, the characters were well developed & it kept my attention.While it was an entertaining book, it is the second in this series. I would suggest reading Midnight Crossroad first, only because there are several situations referenced that are not easily understandable. Otherwise, it is a stand alone book.I highly recommend Charlaine Harris' books for quick, fun reading.I would like to thank Penguin Group Berkley/Signet Romance & NetGalley for a complimentary kindle copy. This did not change my opinion for this review.
    • 4/5
      I liked this one even more than the first -- partly, I think, because I had an idea what to expect, partly because I really like how Harris is peeling back the layers on the mysteries in town. Highly enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      A very interesting series, with many supernatural creatures, living together in a small town. They all help each other out, when needed. The way Harris writes this series is so.....secretive and closed-mouthed, for lack of a better word. We finally got to "see" what a couple more of the residents really are, in this second book. There was just enough action to keep me interested, the people are likable, and the storylines just plausible enough. I will keep reading this series as they come out, at my local library.
    • 4/5
      I liked the book- liked the couple tie ins from previous books. I just felt like there wasn’t a lot of plot. However, it was still an enjoyable listen on my long runs.
    • 4/5
      I'll give this a four, even though it might not deserve it on a scale of all the books ever written. It is, however, worthy of four out of five within it's genre (at least in my book) so there you go. I enjoy Harris' characters and the atmosphere of her books (maybe barring the Aurora Teagarden books), and the books are infinitely entertaining. I also like the mismash of the random characters from the previous series.
    • 5/5
      I love this series!!!! #punkrocklibrarian
    • 4/5
      Fantastic. This would make a great tv series. Loved Olivia!
    • 3/5
      In truth, my rating is closer to 3.5I enjoyed this book; more than I anticipated and more than I had enjoyed the first in the series, Midnight Crossroad. In Day Shift, Harris focuses in on some of the more intriguing residents of Midnight - Olivia, the Rev, Joe and Chuy - while skipping the romance-leads-to-kidnapping-and-torture-only-to-be-saved-by-friends-in-the-nick-of-time formula that irked me in Midnight Crossroad and several books in the Sookie series (although, yeah, I obsessively read them all). The Sookie series "Easter Egg" characters were a welcome addition as well!I had not been aware that several of the other Midnighters had appeared in other series written by Harris. Maybe Midnight, TX will prove to be the epicenter of some great Charlaine Harris literary mash-up. She certainly has quite a bit to draw from. It could be fun!
    • 3/5
      It was great to visit Midnight again. I can't wait to go back.
    • 4/5
      This is the second volume in Charlaine Harris' new series about the town of Midnight, TX. It was a satisfying read and provided a little more background about the small town residents, who are distinctly odd. I like how she pulls in her characters from her other series as by-stories; from the Lily Bard mystery stories to the Sookie Stackhouse paranormal series, and from her Harper Connelly series. It makes it fun. While there are several side-stories the basic theme is a straight-forward who-dun-it. New resident of Midnight, Manfred Bernardo, psychic, is about to give a reading to one of his best and wealthiest clients, when she drops dead in front of him. Enter her greedy, paranoid son who accuses Manfred of stealing his mother's jewelry from her purse, after doing away with his mother. I didn't see the reveal coming at all. Any Charlaine Harris reader will not be disappointed.Note: I was given an ARC of this book through the NetGalley Program.
    • 4/5
      I'm new to this series and I really enjoyed this book, the second in the series. Really interesting characters, complex plot, and a continuation of the world-building in the True Blood books. And it really kept my attention - I tore right through it. I'm going to find and read the first book.
    • 3/5
      Dayshift starts off by not only introducing several characters at once which by the time that they may actually appear in the book the reader has no idea whom they are; it also describes a town in go much detail the reader gets lost in all of the words and it distracts from the story. The mere storyline of the book is confusing as it starts with the mysterious reopening of a hotel, to a death, and a then intertwines a constantly growing boy; all of which leaves the whole hotel thing up in the air with no questions answered. Overall, Day Shift is an okay book.
    • 5/5
      Midnight, TX is a mostly deserted town with roughly a dozen residents, all of whom have their own secrets that they don’t ask each other about. But we’re slowly learning about them. Most people would just find them weird. While they need the revenue from the few businesses they have, they really like to stay low key. Two things happen that causes the residents concern. The first is that the old hotel, vacant for decades, is being refurbished. And the other involves Manfred when he goes to Dallas to do private readings out of a hotel room and one of his clients dies during the séance and he’s being looked at as a possible murderer and thief.The overall story moves slowly for a good part of the book, but it is interesting, has some humor and we learn more about the residents that live there. And for those that read the first book, all of the residents are mentioned in the first chapter, so even though a year has passed since reading the first book, you won’t feel lost. And if you haven’t read the first book, I don’t suggest you start with this one. This is an ensemble cast with the story told from many different characters. And learning about their secrets is part of the draw. This is very unlike the Sookie series. Fans of the Sookie series, however, are going to be thrilled to see that two characters met in that series make an appearance here. My only disappointment was that something on the side was wrapped up without us learning how. Perhaps that’ll be part of the back story. But I definitely enjoyed the story, the conclusions reached and learning more about the residents. More is yet to be learned and I liked this book better than the first one.
    • 5/5
      I am loving this new series. I always thought Manfred was an excellent character, and here he is joined by lots of other vivid and enjoyable characters, from the ominous Olivia to the hilarious senior citizens. I hope the next book is coming up soon, because not enough questions were answered in this book.
    • 4/5
      Things are getting exciting in Midnight, Texas, which is not at all what the residents want. A mysterious company has bought the long-empty hotel and is turning it into a long-term hotel for both people working at a nearby technical company and elderly people waiting for openings in assisted living facilities. The first elderly residents are from Las Vegas and were recruited to live there. Manfred brings unexpected attention to Midnight when one of his clients died in his presence. He is being accused by her paranoid son of stealing her jewelry - jewelry that she told Manfred she hid from her son. Things heat up for him even more when it is learned that his client didn't die of natural causes.We learn more about Olivia in this book too. Some of the mystery about her is revealed as we learn of her abusive childhood and her current career as a hit woman. She is clearly someone who feels a lot of rage and who doesn't really see other people as real. She is recruited by the Rev to help solve Manfred's problems and get the spotlight off Midnight. Her first thought is to kill the son to end the threat.Adding to the things bringing unexpected attention to midnight is a young boy who is staying with the Rev. Figi helps keep his fed and clothed as he enters an accelerated growth period. It turns out his is a shapeshifter getting ready to make his first shift - into a Bengal tiger. We learn that the Rev also shifts into a tiger. There are some crossover characters from the Sookie Stackhouse series that make appearances in this story. Barry Bellboy happens to be the grandson of one of the elderly characters staying at the new hotel. He is terrified of being in Texas because the Texas vampires are still very unhappy with him. And the father of the young tiger shifter is Quinn who was one of Sookie's love interests. This was an interesting story filled with fascinating characters. There are certainly more stories to explore in Midnight, Texas, and I look forward to reading each of them.
    • 3/5
      We learn more about the strange community living in Midnight in this book, with Manfred especially facing threats from outside which endangers them all, including the peculiar reopening of an old hotel. This is a fun fantasy, and while I enjoyed much of Harris’s work, I think I like this series most of all. Although it’s not the fastest pace, this makes for comfortable reading with characters interesting enough to capture attention. They all have strengths (some supernatural), and yet very human weaknesses. We particularly learn more about Olivia’s past, the Rev’s nature, and Joe and Chuy in this one. There’s one more book, which is a relief considering my to-be-read mountain. Yet another part of me is sorry there’s only one more to go. Not every plot point is perfect, but the characters carry this through.
    • 4/5
      Day Shift

      In Midnight, Texas, there is a psychic, a witch, her talking cat, an angel, a vampire, a hired killer, and other mysterious residents. In Day Shift, this second novel about Midnight, the psychic, Manfred Bernardo, is unfortunate enough to have one of his clients die during a session and her grasping son accuses him of stealing the jewels that she hid from him. It takes a village to get Manfred out of this predicament.

      Charlaine Harris’s newest series is set in the same world as her Sookie Stackhouse universe, where vampires and weres are “out” but those of other natures haven't quite revealed themselves. Manfred is the real thing, a psychic with a large clientele who sometimes schedules meetings at hotels where he will see successive clients over a few days in nicer settings than his living room in Midnight. This time. Rachel Goldthorpe wants to talk to her dead husband, Morton, about their son, Lewis, who is badgering her about his inheritance and basically making her life miserable.

      Written in a sparse, yet precise and descriptive style, the mix of characters and flow of plot is just right. The characters are all connected in logical ways that make sense in the framework of the story. They all seem to be given equal time to live and breathe with the exception of Madonna and her husband, Teacher, the proprietors of the local diner. They remain mysterious, but there are hints that the next novel might concern them.

      A new character in town is Deideric, a small boy who is mysteriously left in the care of the Rev, the taciturn caretaker of the local chapel, who spends his time holding funerals for pets and marrying young couples who pass through. He is not a good choice for the boy, who seems to be growing by leaps and bounds each day.

      When Manfred is questioned by the police, his fellow Midnight neighbors want to clear his name, get rid of the reporters lurking around town, get their lives back to normal, and get the spotlight off their quiet town. With the help of some surprise visitors from Harris’s previous books about Sookie, the book sets out to do just that. It doesn’t help that an old abandoned hotel has been renovated and filled with what appears to be indigent seniors with no known relatives. The motives of the hotel owners are hidden and the publicity of the new enterprise is not welcomed by the town residents, who would prefer to live anonymously.

      I really like this new series and was very happy to have been given a chance to review the novel in advance as a member of Ace/Roc Stars. If the rest of the selection of books I received are this good, I will be in bookworm heaven for the rest of the year! Thank you Ace/Roc!
    • 5/5
      Wow, this book, the second book in the Midnight Texas trilogy (according to Ms Harris; web-site) gives us even more action than we had in book one. We have more action, but we also learn so much more about some of our favorite characters. Have you wondered what was up with the Rev? We had a good idea what he was, but not what type of what! LOL! Now we know!I love how we are seeing characters from Sookies world –so now we have seen characters from all of Ms Harris’ series –I love this concept. Who do you think we’ll see in the third of this trilogy?There is so much going on in Midnight –a company has come in to reopen an old time hotel. They’ve turned it into a longer stay hotel and a sort of, elder care for those not quite ready for assisted living, place –interesting that all of the older people who come to stay, had interesting lives in Reno!Poor Manfred---well he just about has the poop kicked out of him when a client of his dies as he is holding a sort of séance for her to meet up with her dead husband. So now poor Manfred now looks like a murderer, since she has died under very unusual circumstances…but wait…her son Lewis also is accusing Manfred of a huge theft -Lewis is, how can I say this nicely? A shmuck! In the first book we learned quite a bit about Fiji and Bobo; in this book we learn a lot about Olivia and the Rev…Lemual is away from town so there is very little about him in this book.The Rev…what can I say. We finally find out just what he is and we get to do it in such an interesting way. The Rev is child sitting. Yep, that’s right; he is watching after a very unusual youngster who literally grows right in front of your eyes. A youngster whose father had to go off for a job…a father who was once one of Sookies lover’s (though not for very long).Great writing, great set up for the next novel, some frustration because we get no satisfaction with Fiji and Bobo (will there really be any? At least, to our satisfaction?) And just why the heck are Teacher and Madonna in Midnight. How the heck does everyone live –there really are no customers.Many questions are asked but not all are answered.I loved it!
    • 4/5
      Excellent Read! I loved the first book, so I was eager to jump into this one. Of course Ms. Harris doesn't disappoint. She has created another great group of interesting and diverse characters. In this installment the reader learns more about each of the residents of Midnight. I feel there is a lot more to learn about these characters so I can't wait to read the next book. Fans of Charlaine Harris will be happy to know there are a couple familiar faces from the Sookie Stackhouse-verse. Day Shift is an exciting read with a great mystery to piece together.
    • 5/5
      A great sequel that answered questions that lingered and left more to be answered! I have truly enjoyed this series so far and find the vast differences between the book and the TV series refreshing. The book is so much better and has more things going on than the TV Series! If you like Sookie, you'll like this series as well! Plus you get to meet an old character from a Sookie book! The secrets of the people in Midnight are slowly being revealed!
    • 3/5
      Just an okay story for me sadly.Didn't gel with the characters, too much like a Stephen King story.I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Orion via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.
    • 4/5
      A great follow up to Midnight, TX series. It is a quick and interesting read, with obvious open areas for future books. And, you will find comments about Sookie's world here which I find kind of unnecessary, but that is just my opinion. I love the Sookie series, but I don't feel need to blatantly throw it in here. Look forward to the next book!
    • 4/5
      Midnight Crossing didn't thrill me, but the sequel, Day Shift, was more interesting.
    • 3/5
      more things going on in Midnight, Texas and points on toward Dallas. We meet a couple others who have drifted through from Bon Temps, LA.

      The mystery of who/what the other citizens of Midnight are is answered.
    • 3/5
      I would say I did not have a pleasant experience reading the first book in this series. Looking back I think I just really missed Sookie. However, this second book in the series read much better. I'm already a little indignant that the upcoming tv series does not portray the characters as in the book from what I've read in the media. I find this book fleshed out the residents of Midnight just enough to make me want to scoop up Night Shift and read their next adventure.
    • 5/5
      The secretive eccentrics of Midnight, Texas return and phone psychic Manfred Bernardo finds himself a person of interest in three unrelated hotel deaths. It gets more complicated as things go on with aid from the violent Olivia and her vampire boyfriend, the largely normal Bobo, and Fiji, the witch. Not to mention the Rev, who is caring for a boy undergoing an unusually fsst growth spurt. Reads well and draws you along, revealing secrets about Midnight's residents along the way. Excellent reading.
    • 3/5
      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.
    • 5/5
      Thumbs up loved the book can’t wait to play the next
    • 3/5
      The second book in this series follows a few months after the previous one but the upside is the events in the previous book really don’t impact this one so if a reader picks this book up they will not be that lost. There is more overlap with minor characters from her other series in this book but they feel like they are passing through and not staying for the series. It does anchor this book firmly into that universe though.
      One of the two story mysteries really doesn’t get solved and I wonder if it will come to the forefront in the next book. The other mystery is fairly straightforward but does need to be solved in order to clear Manfred’s name. I enjoyed this one as much as the previous book and I can’t wait to see what happens in the not so sleepy town of Midnight.


      Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley
    • 4/5
      Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard died-up western town. Stop at the one traffic light, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth… Fun books -- I like that the world isn’t ending, it’s not anything major, it’s just a small town of like ten people who all have secrets and some drama that arises coincidentally, not because there are GRAND PLOTS omg. It’s a nice break once in a while.