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Graveyard Shift

M. L. Rio

2024128 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2024
first published
  • 2024Flatiron Books · ENGISBN 9781250356789
  • 2024Headline Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9781035424177
  • 2024Flatiron Books · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9781250356796
  • 2025Headline Publishing Group · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9781035421138

Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel receptionist, the steward of the derelict church that looms over them, and the editor-in-chief of the college paper, always in search of a story. One dark October evening in the defunct churchyard, they find a hole that wasn’t there before. A fresh, open grave where no grave should be. But who dug it, and for whom? Before they go their separate ways, the gravedigger returns. As they trail him through the night, they realize he may be the key to a string of strange happenings around town that have made headlines for the last few weeks―and that they may be closer to the mystery than they thought.

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AtmosphereGothicTense

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