It’s Dave’s Kebede’s last shift at the library (maybe.) The William E. Woodend Rare Books Library, to be precise. He, and two others, have interviewed for a full time position there, but he hasn’t heard whether he’s gotten it yet (he’s sure he did) but tonight is his last shift as a graduate student before graduation and he’s planning to make it a memorable one. He’s invited a select group of other students (and their friends) to participate in an all-night ritual within the library that is based in the Eleusinian Mysteries with “chanting, re-enactments, spirituality and a lot of drugs.” And “obviously no one dies in the ritual” which you know means someone dies in the ritual. Hilarity ensues.

So, maybe this wants to be THE SECRET HISTORY lite, only bloodier, but the ritual doesn’t really get started. The participants are locked in with no phones (and the obvious answer only occurs to them after far too much time has passed, and contains a plot holes a mile wide). An interesting segueway though. So I kind of liked it. Oh, and very diverse characters, but not used all that well.

A good mystery that really kept me going. This is a great weekend read to escape in. Thanks for the opportunity to read as I thoroughly enjoyed.

Based on its premise, I thought this book would be very exciting and thrilling to read, but it was not. The idea of a locked basement in a rare books library, a group of 7 very different college students, and a night of adventure before they all depart the next day sounds like a winner. When one of the students ends up dead early in the locked-in evening, everyone seems to lose all sense of reason. Admittedly, drugs are involved, but not for everyone. I found the writing hard to follow and the characters difficult to tell apart. I did like the very clever ending concerning the early death. Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC.

Welp, that was a wild ride...I'm kind of undecided about the ending-it was either horrible or brilliant but I don't know which.

Thanks to Poison Pen Press and NetGalley for the free eARC in exchange for my unfettered opinion.

Seven young adults gather in the basement of the rare books library as the doors lock electronically for the night. About to graduate college (all but one, anyhow), they are about to have one last great adventure. They'll reenact an Ancient Greek ritual -- one of the mysterious ones involving Persephone –– and emerge no longer fearing death. They begin (most of them) by dropping acid.

From there, it's a vicious take on Agatha Christie's <I>And Then There Were None </i> by way of <I>American Horror Story <I/>. Twisty, turny, bloody, and satisfyingly mean-spirited, the story will delight those with an appetite for the (ever so active!) banality of human evil.

Plus old books, which makes it just that little bit more brutal.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

This was a fun little closed room mystery! My interest was waning in the beginning due to the characters, but once the action got started it picked up. The ending was a little jarring in a "gotcha!" Wink nudge kinda way, but it was all in all a fun quick read.

A locked door murder mystery set in a rare books library? YES PLEASE!! I couldn't read this gothic thriller fast enough. As a librarian/archivist who has worked at the Thomas Fisher rare book library in Toronto (just like the author), this one was a pure delight! Twisty and dark and it kept me guessing right to the end. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

What an interesting premise for a book! Locked inside a cage in the basement of the library with no way out until morning is the basis of the novel. With characters coming from multiple backgrounds and perspectives, the motivation behind what is driving the decisions of each character become very important. But, the most important question of all is can you survive until morning?

This is a CRAZY novel. Enter this gothic library if you DARE!
Seven grad students gather in the basement of the rare books library to recreate an ancient Greek ritual focusing upon Persephone. When one of the students falls ill, fingers are pointed and it's a tense, chaotic scrum to get out of the library before it's too late. Very interesting, very unique, That Night in the Library is a great thriller/horror story! #EvaJurczyk #ThatNightinthelibrary #poisonedpenpress #

Couldn’t finish this. Unlikeable characters that aren’t interesting or amusing.. Long descriptions of irrelevant matters. Tedious pacing.