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Not everyone can take on the things that go bump in the night.


Not everyone tries.


But Jill Kismet is not just anyone.


She's a Hunter, trained by the best - and in over her head.


Welcome to the night shift...


About the Author


Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. After taking second place in a fiction-writing contest sealed her addiction to the written word, it's often supposed that she has ink instead of blood filling her veins. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA with two small children and a houseful of cats. Oh. And a husband too. Her website is: http://www.lilithsaintcrow.net.

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; 1 edition (July 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0316001783
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316001786
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful new series!, June 24, 2008
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Lilith Saintcrow has crafted another hit series with the debut of Night Shift.

Determined, yet slightly vulnerable, hellspawn hunter Jill Kismet, works with Were-cat FBI agents to hunt a rogue Were and the hellspawn that is involved in several gruesome murders.

Saintcrow crafts depth in her heroine showing her to be a damaged, but determined woman who keeps going and going long after anyone else would have given up. Kismet's personality quirk provides comic relief as she flings bad jokes and puns with a "Get it? Arf, arf," after each one. The protagonist is instantly sympathetic through Saintcrow's smooth use of flashbacks providing the back-story necessary to understand how Kismet became a hunter.

Interesting characters are peppered throughout the story allowing Saintcrow a colorful palette of people from which to choose to focus on as the series continues. Dominic and Harper, two Were-FBI friends, bring Saul, hunky country Were, when they journey to St. Luz to investigate the murderous rampage. Through flashbacks, Kismet's deceased teacher, Mikhail Tolstoi is introduced. The reader also meets Pericles (hellspawn Kismet is indebted to), Galina (the local Sanctuary leader), a plethora of human police and forensic agents, as well as exorcists Avery, Eva, Benito, and Wallace.

Lyrical language and movie-worthy fight scenes are staples in Saintcrow's novels, and this one is no exception. In Night Shift, Saincrow's usual beautiful language is complemented with almost Chandleresque noir phrases: "No matter how tired I am, dusk always wakes me up like six shots of espresso and a bullet whizzing past" (47). Her fight scenes contain blood spatters that hang in the air and a billowing coat that snap out parachute-like when Kismet jumps from roofs. The scenes are so well painted it is like reading a graphic novel.

If Night Shift is any indication of the quality of the remainder of the series, Jill Kismet just may supersede Dante Valentine as Saintcrow's greatest heroine.

The second novel in the series, Hunter's Prayer, also an Orbit release, will be available August 26, 2008.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Different but similar to Dante Valentine series, July 14, 2008
Jill Kismet is a Hunter with a Hellbreed mark. She is a former prostitute pulled from the streets by her deceased mentor and lover Mikhail. She polices the Nightside, fighting demons that cross over from Hell. In this new series by Lilith Saintcrow we have many similarities to Dante (Danny) Valentine. Jill has a mark same as Danny. She uses a whip instead of sword. Her silver charms in her hair tinkle and the ruby at her throat sparks whenever danger approaches, much like the sparking tattoo on Danny' face. However, I found this book much easier to read. Jill is tough like Danny and not quite human. She meets Saul who is a were cougar and works with the FBI. Saul is helping track a rogue were. A were is needed to track rogues but are not good against hellbreed. A hunter tracks hellbreed but are not good up against rogues. Overall, I found the story to be very entertaining. It had non-stop action and a little romance. Hopefully, this romance won't go the same way Danny and Japh went. The next book is in my wish list. I liked this new series very much and if you liked the Dante Valentine series I think you will like this one also.
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19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new here, June 29, 2008
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I usually love Lilith Saintcrow's books, The circle Lightfall series, and the first three of the Dante Valentine books, but this one is just a rehash of so many other books out there. I did not like the heroine, there is no romance to speak of and the plot is very minor and subject to the action. There is alot of action but it is so dark it truly turned me off. Dante Valentine had some redeeming characteristics, I truly don't know where this character was going. It seems the author has invented her own nightside.

Jill Kismet is a former prostitute who finally murders her pimp. While leaving the murder scene she is caught up by the hunter for Santa Luz. Mikhail is a hunter who polices the hellbreed. He also polices the people who try to form deals with the demons. They are called Traders because they trade something to hell for whatever they want. For some reason he takes her for his student. Since she is not strong enough to really become a hunter, he convinces her to Trade with the strongest hellbreed in town. (I found that particuliar unbelievable, that he would go against the things he has upheld for his respected career.) Anyway he has been killed by a demon six months previously.

Pericles aka Perry is the strongest hellbreed in town and he is the head of the criminal faction. He trades strength to her for an hour of her time every month. ( seemed like she traded one kind of servitude for another). Hellbreed look and act human but their outsides are like shells with black ichor inside.

Saul is a were cougar who has come to town with another were couple to hunt the rogue were. He winds up staying with her at her warehouse home.

From the first time she scents the killer of four cops, I knew she was looking for a were and a hellbreed, because the story had already said that they hated each other. The search for the rogues has plenty of action with Jill throwing her weight, power, and mouth around. She single-handedly goes in a bar and kills every hellbreed there. When Saul asks how many, she says she quit counting at twenty. She doesn't even sleep she is always out doing her job. Which seems to consist of busting heads and crushing shells.

She finally meets her match when the hellbreed who runs NY comes to town. Perry must intervene to keep her alive. She learns that the hellbreed with the rogue is the bad dude's daughter. There was one part that I liked and that has to do with the daughter of Arkady.

But this is really only a so-so read. Three stars is all I can give it and I definitely will not be buying the next one until I see some reviews. If you are desperate for something to read it will do but it is so much like a rehash of Dante Valentine and several other books out there that I personally did not find it any more than passable.
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4.0 out of 5 stars One word...."Amazing!"
I enjoy Lil Saintcrow's book a lot. I just got done reading the Dante Valentine series and was excited that she came out with another series. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Maki

3.0 out of 5 stars Really 2.5 stars, but I rounded up
Having just devoured the Dante Valentine series 3 times back to back, I thought I'd try something else by Saintcrow and bought the first two of these books. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Kismet-licious!
I am so glad I decided to pick this book up. I've seen the other Dante series around but have always been hesitant to pick it up. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great New Paranormal Series
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Published 4 months ago by Jessica

4.0 out of 5 stars decent to good
I read this book and found it to be entertaining enough, although it is nothing earth shattering. Jill Kismet is a pretty dark (especially in this book), and that could be off... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Jill Kismet in unlikely likeable character
I really enjoyed this book. It is a lot edgier than Briggs (Mercedes Thompson) and even Andrews (Kate Daniels) which is plenty dark. Read more
Published 5 months ago by ARD

5.0 out of 5 stars Something to satisfy an appetite for classic Anita Blake
Saintcrow's Jill Kismet novels read like early Anita Blake: fun, witty, fast, and dark. For those of us who mourned as Blake devolved into the author's Mary Sue erotica, Kismet... Read more
Published 7 months ago by AvalonXQ

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Expect to Laugh
Don't expect to laugh, but do enjoy the ride of this new series' first part.

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Published 8 months ago by Tez Miller

3.0 out of 5 stars A moderately enjoyable bad novel
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1.0 out of 5 stars Too much vulgarity not enough plot
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