The Library After Dark
the twisty, addictive new thriller from the Richard and Judy author
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- Uscita prevista: 14 mag 2026
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- 14,99 €
Descrizione dell’editore
Discover this brand new, puzzle-box murder mystery that's guaranteed to keep you hooked until the very last page... perfect for fans of Sarah Pearse and Eight Detectives.
'Irresistible - bright, sharp and rife with danger.' A.J. FINN
'Devilishly clever and gripping right until the end.' IAN MOORE
In the centre of New York stands the city’s most notorious library.
It has a history of mysterious disappearances and freak accidents. But tonight, it opens its doors to welcome a group of strangers for an exclusive after-hours tour.
The famous author. The journalist. The professor. The bookseller. The architect.
They are here to see a legendary book – one of the most valuable in the world. But each visitor also has other, more sinister reasons for being in the library after dark.
As the tour takes them deeper into the building, one of the guests meets a gruesome, inexplicable end – and the others realise they are living on borrowed time.
The search for the murderer forces them to confront awful truths about themselves and decide which secrets are worth dying – or killing – to keep.
Readers can't put down The Library After Dark:
'A spine-chilling thriller.' - Kirkus
'Atmospheric, chilling and brilliantly clever.' -Sian Gilbert, author of She Started It
'Stephen King meets Agatha Christie in this brilliant thriller - a triumph. Do not miss this.' - Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of All This Could Be Yours
'‘Richly imagined and wonderfully atmospheric… a fast-paced, locked room thriller.’ - Mary Watson, Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Cleaner
'The Library After Dark is Agatha Christie by way of the Brothers Grimm’ - Kelsey Cox, bestselling author of Party of Liars
'I devoured it in one breathless, brilliant sitting' - Ryan Pote, author of Blood and Treasure
'Smart, edgy, and utterly unique, The Library After Dark will beckon you in… but it might never let you out’ - Tara Goedjen, author of Please Enjoy Your Stay
'A chilling and highly addictive locked-room thriller. Get ready for a ride!' - Darby Kane, international best-selling author of Pretty Little Wife
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An off-hour tour of a fabled New York City library turns deadly in this overstuffed mystery from Pliego (You Are Fatally Invited). The Daedalus Library is known for its neo-Gothic architecture and for housing the last remaining copy of The Dark Hearth Tales, a controversial collection of 19th-century fairy tales. After Evangeline Riordan, the library's founder and patron, dies under murky circumstances, the library decides to host an exclusive "after dark" tour. Bookseller Aria Stokes's new boyfriend, Jasper, surprises her with a ticket, and she accepts, despite her dark history with the library. Aria and Jasper are joined by five other guests, including a retired nurse and a Scottish professor, with whom they navigate locked rooms, secret passageways, and possible paranormal activity. Then a lock malfunctions, trapping the group inside, and a member of the tour group turns up dead, prompting the others to fear there's a killer among them. Pliego alternates between first-person chapters from each tour member and spooky passages from The Dark Hearth Tales. Unfortunately, she does little to differentiate the characters' voices, and a third-act pileup of secret identities and narrative rug pulls grows exhausting. Eerie atmosphere aside, this misses the mark.
