<p><b>Love is the most despicable excuse.</b><br /><br />On the lonely outskirts of Seoul, reports come in of a series of suicides at a hospital. The strange and bloodless nature of the elderly victims is dismissed by most, but not Detective Suyeon. <br />As Suyeon begins her investigation, a mysterious woman named Violette appears at the crime scene and gives Suyeon the answer: a vampire did it. <br />The two women begin the hunt for an ancient, supernatural culprit which, in turn, reveals a landscape of modern isolation in a dark, nocturnal Seoul. But as the investigation unfurls, past and present romance and loneliness intertwine it becomes increasingly clear that they, too, are being hunted...<br /><br /><b>Sometimes the monsters we seek are less frightening than being alone. </b><br /><br /><i>The Midnight Shift</i> 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 <i>Cursed Bunny</i>; <i>Woman, Eating</i>; and <i>A Certain Hunger</i>.</p>