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Seven people go for a tour in a mysterious library housing a very rare book, and you can probably guess the rest.

The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego

May 14, 2026 by narfna 4 Comments

Hooo, this was a hot mess. The idea of the library was great, but the execution failed. I feel this book’s existence is a symptom of the pressure on genre authors to publish a book a year. It might have been good if given more time to cook. She had a good story in her first book, and now this one is entirely made up of thriller and mystery cliches, all to the tune of overblown figurative language that makes no sense and does not […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Ande Pliego, libraries, multiple POVs, murder, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Library After Dark, thriller

narfna's CBR18 Review No:14 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Ande Pliego, libraries, multiple POVs, murder, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Library After Dark, thriller ·
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