The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego

The Library After Dark

by Ande Pliego

The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego was published on 14th may 2026 by Bantam. 

My thanks to the author and the publisher for sending me a copy to review and to Random Things Resources for inviting me onto the tour.

Synopsis

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.

My Thoughts

After seeing the book cover with its statement of “Your Death Is Now Overdue I have to admit to opening the book with some trepidation. Not sure what to expect once I started the book and met the characters , each one of them with something to hide and their own reason for being there, I was intrigued as to how the plot was going to develop. The Daedalus Library and its founder , Evangeline Riordan  is intriguing and you really need to spend time at the beginning of the  book just studying the map and information provided and start to build an image in your head before you begin to meet the characters on the next page. What a collection of characters they are from a retired nurse to a fantasy horror author , you really do have to keep your wits about you as you read this story , building up your understanding and knowledge of each of them , and the reasons behind why they want to be there on an “ after - dark tour”.

This is certainly a story that has you sitting on the edge of your seat every time you start a new chapter and the tour of the library progresses, or not, to another room , hidden or otherwise, wondering what is going to happen next and how.

Consequently this is a gripping story of Who, How and Why and you won’t find out the answers until the very end by which time , if you were like me , you will need space to take a big breath and allow the world to return to normal. In the meantime I won’t ever be going on any private library tours after dark !!!!!

About Ande

Ande Pliego began writing stories when she discovered she could actually wield her overactive imagination for good. A lover of stories with teeth , she writes books involving mind games, dark humour, general murder and mayhem, characters pushed to the edge of their limits, and most importantly of all finding hope in the dark.

When not reading or writing, she can usually be found dabbling in art, scheming up her next trip, or making constant expeditions to the library. Born in Florida, raised in France, and having left footprints all over the globe, Ande is settled in the Pacific Northwest, USA, with her little son.