The Midnight Shift: The Korean Bestselling Cult Novel - Hardcover

$31.35

The Midnight Shift: The Korean Bestselling Cult Novel - Hardcover

Name: The Midnight Shift: The Korean Bestselling Cult Novel - Hardcover
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by Seon-Ran Cheon (Author), Gene Png (Translator)

A Finalist for the 2026 Locus Awards

A bestseller in Korea, a biting, fast-paced vampire murder mystery exploring queer love and the consequences of loneliness.

When four isolated elderly people die back-to-back at the same hospital by jumping out of the sixth-floor window, Su-Yeon doesn't understand why she's the only one at her precinct that seems to care. But her colleagues at the police force dismiss the case as a series of unfortunate suicides due to the patients' loneliness. But Su-Yeon doesn't have the privilege of looking away: her dearest friend, Grandma Eun-Shim, lives on the sixth floor, and Su-Yeon is terrified that something will happen to her next.

As Su-Yeon begins her investigation alone, she runs into a mysterious woman named Violette at the crime scene. Violette claims to be a vampire hunter, searching for her ex-lover, Lily, and is insistent that a vampire is behind the mysterious deaths. Su-Yeon is skeptical at first, but when a fifth victim jumps from the window, her investigation reveals the body was completely drained of blood. Desperate to discover the cause of the deaths, Su-Yeon considers Violette's explanation-that something supernatural is involved.

The Midnight Shift 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 Cursed Bunny; Woman, Eating; and A Certain Hunger.

Author Biography

Cheon Seon-Ran is the award-winning author of several novels and short-story collections. She has a master's degree in creative writing from Dankook University and lives in Seoul.

Gene Png is a literary translator and illustrator based in Seoul. She was awarded the Grand Prize in Poetry at the 53rd The Korea Times' Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards and is a mentee of Anton Hur (translator of I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki).

Number of Pages: 304

Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN

Publication Date: August 12, 2025

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