Sunday Story Ratings #50: Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift by James M. Reasoner
Originally published November 1978 in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine as by M. R. James; this edition 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)
M
Not recommended for persons under 15 years of age, but no legal restrictions
(D, L, V, T)
Drug References {PG} {alcohol, tobacco}
Coarse Language {PG}
Violence {M}
Themes {crime, death, vengeance}
Representations
Gender:
The only specified woman is the protagonist's dead wife.
Sex:
Implicit heterosexuality in references to aforementioned dead wife and to couples buying late night infant supplies.
Race & Ethnicity:
Unmentioned; as usual characters presumed white US citizens.
Disability, Physical Diversity and Health:
Unmentioned.
Awards
None found
Notes
Very short, sharp tale of undetected, vengeance-driven serial killing.