A rookie cop in a city of shifters. He may not have fangs or claws… but he’s got a badge.
In a precinct jam-packed with paranormal officers, newbie cop Norman Green is pint-sized, nose blind, and relatively hairless. And if being human wasn’t enough of a shot in the foot, his training officer, Heather Valance, can’t stand the sight—or the smell—of him. If he doesn’t find a way to win the … to win the short-tempered werewolf over soon, his career will be dead on arrival.
As Norman follows Officer Valance deeper into the big city’s seedy underbelly, he’s desperate to prove that not all fuzz have to be fuzzy. Almost by accident, the outmatched human uncovers a deep-seated conspiracy at the scene of a gruesome murder. When the pursuit of justice blurs the boundaries between right and wrong, Norman must decide whether exposing the scandal is worth risking his job… and his life.
Shift Work is the first book in the edgy Kilhaven Police paranormal cop series. If you like urban fantasy cityscapes, bawdy humor, and unflinching depictions of law enforcement, then you’ll love Brock Bloodworth’s visceral tale.
Buy Shift Work to sink your teeth into a bloody, brutally funny police procedural today!
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I got this one for free but bought the next two. Read all three within a week. About a human cop in a city that is majority werebeasts.
A nice balance between absurdity and serious themes prejudice and police violence.
Unique – the underdog doesn’t become all powerful. On the downside, he is little angsty. Follow up with the second which I found more interesting.
In the increasingly densely packed paranormal field of fiction, here’s a book that stood out to me from the very first chapters. Norman Green is a rarity on the Killraven police force, a totally normal human. He’s also in the two-month probationary period on the police force, getting trained on the job on how to investigate, handle, and survive policing a very wide variety of shapeshifters and were-creatures. In fact, that is the single thing that makes this book so different—the sheer number and types of shifter beings. Over the course of this novel we see everything from wolves, to alligators, to birds, to snakes, to coyotes, to…well you get the idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if a were-hamster showed up in a future novel.
In addition to that, we have telepaths, telekinetics, elves, ghosts, and vampires. It’s a very rich setting and makes these two months on the job—in which we work our way up to the point of the first chapter in which our protagonist, Rookie Norman Green (and isn’t that a great surname for a rookie?) has to shoot a human to defend his fellow officers. This is a world where the cops on the beat are certain they can’t depend on the brass and the politicians. It’s a world in which huge prejudices exist. And it’s a world where one rookie seems like a very small price to pay to keep the department from being involved in scandal.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading more of them in the future.
I had to switch from audio to the print version of this book because I felt like the characters were written much snarkier than the narrator portrayed. Plenty of dark humor as you go through the daily grind of trials and tribulations of a human rookie cop in a city full of shifters.
If you like shifters and other creatures you might like this book.
I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading the rest of the series
The cop humor was a bit off-putting, though I’m confident it was appropriate. I enjoyed the perspective of the human protagonist being the outsider, rather than the shifters. The trainee device was a great way to introduce the reader to the world at the same time the character was learning the ropes. Looking forward to the next part of the story.
Somewhat short but engaging read with amusing characters. Its basically a group of stories from the point of view of a human cop among shifter cops…he manages to live to tell the story. It was a fun read.
Quirky and pretty good story.
This was a surprising read. I picked it up just to read something different and couldn’t put it down. Very entertaining and really well done. It’s worth reading.
Very enjoyable
Great and authentic use of police life but with the added dimension of changelings and the spirit world.
Liked the characters.
Not my kind of book, but it captures the details or being a rookie cop. The life of the poor gets an original twist.
Great light reading
This wasn’t really a normal novel, it was more like a series of vignettes. It was OK ,but I would have preferred a more normal plotline.