The Nightworkers - Brian Selfon

Fiction

Rating: 7.5/10

This character driven novel chronicles the stories of a cast of misfits who came together in a cobbled version of a family, as their connection begins to fray at the seams. 

You have a small-time money launderer, one of his couriers who has aspirations of being an artist, and a talented thief with a voracious appetite for reading, to name a few.  And all of them have secrets that they keep from each other and at times, themselves.

That the story flows around a criminal transaction that takes a wrong turn is almost beside the point, it’s the characters backstories that will keep the reader glued to the page. 

It does the author a disservice not to categorize this novel as noir fiction rather than the thriller label it bears.  You have cracked moral compasses, gloomy ambience, a grim cityscape, thorny relationships and the plague of disillusionment, all delivered with enviable talent. The authors evocative descriptive powers result in a distinct voice worthy of readership.

Thanks to Farrar, Straus and Company, the author and Net Galley for an advanced readers copy.