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The Nightworkers
The Nightworkers: A Novel | Brian Selfon
6 posts | 3 read | 1 to read
A gripping, big-hearted thriller . . . whip-smart and surprisingly funny. Harlan Coben, author of The Boy from the Woods The Nightworkers is an electrifying debut crime novel from Brian Selfon about a Brooklyn family of money launderers thrown into chaos when a runner ends up dead and a bag of dirty money goes missing. Shecky Keenans family is under fireor at least it feels that way. Bank accounts have closed unexpectedly, a strange car has been parked near the house at odd hours, and Emil Scott, an enigmatic artist and the familys new runner, is missingalong with the $250,000 of dirty money he was carrying. Shecky lives in old Brooklyn with his niece Kerasha and nephew Henry, and while his deepest desire is to keep his little makeshift family safe, that doesnt stop him from taking advantage of their talents. Shecky moves money for an array of unsavory clients, and Henry, volatile and violent but tenderhearted, is his bagman. Kerasha, the famed former child-thief of Bushwick, is still learning the family trade, but her quick mind and quicker fingers are already being put to use. They love one another, but trust is thin when secrets are the family trade. And someone will be coming for that missing moneysoon. Inspired by a career that has included corruption cases and wiretaps as an investigative analyst for New York law enforcement, Brian Selfon unspools a tale of crime and consequence through shifting perspectives across the streets, alleys, bodegas, and art studios of Brooklyn. The Nightworkers is an evocative blend of genres: a literary crime thriller with a mystery at the center of its big beating heart: What really happened to Emil Scott, and what can the future possibly hold for a family when crime is what keeps them together?
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Mitch
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Mehso-so

Money laundering is just the start of the criminal activities that 'Uncle' Sheeky & family are involved in. But rather than a 'thriller' this is more about trust and the need for family. It's strong on evoking a time & place - from the bodega's of Brooklyn, to coffee shops and community bakeries. But the non linear time line is a little clumsy and the author, whilst pushing for authenticity has over complicated everything! Sometimes less is more!

Faith.Hadden For a hot minute I thought there was actually paint on the book! 😂 2y
Mitch @Faith.Hadden 🤣it‘s a cool cover 2y
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Mitch
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It‘s blanket season! 👍🏼

Cupcake12 Definitely! ❤️ 2y
JaneyWaneyB It is indeed 🥰 2y
Crazeedi Definitely, I've been under my heated blanket since my surgery!!🥰 2y
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Mitch
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✔️ Just started the tagged book - only one chapter in
✔️ I discovered Storygraph this year and love it
✔️ Murder Isn‘t Easy - all about Agatha Christie as a forensic expert!
#weekendreads

Crazeedi Ha!!! I just wrote the same!!! I just found Storygraph too!!!😉 it's very cool, I even figured out how to move my books from goodreads to it! 2y
Mitch @Crazeedi it‘s fab isn‘t it - love all the charts! 2y
Crazeedi @Mitch me too, I'm a chart girl for sure!! 2y
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MicheleinPhilly
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Mehso-so

Interesting premise but the execution was clunky.

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Godpants
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Mehso-so

I just saw a review that described this as hypnotic, and maybe that‘s why I fully blanked out for multiple chunks of this one? Not a good thing. I was fully engaged at the start but this one fell off the mark for me.

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Godpants
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Do you ever have a hold on something so long you forget what it‘s even about? Just started this audiobook while I did a giant pile of dishes and I‘m already hooked.