Nothing Good Happens After 2AM
by Niamh Hargan
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Pub Date 29 Jan 2026 | Archive Date 7 Feb 2026
HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction | HarperCollins
Description
Two characters, three decades: Robbie and El's fates unfold as their story takes them from California to Berlin to Tokyo.
Behind an unmarked door in an East London side street lies Love and Death, a small independent bar where Robbie Saunders and El Tippett are cocktail-making stars on the rise. As the London club scene explodes around them, Robbie and El hone their passion – wary of each other despite an undeniable connection, regardless of the differences in their backgrounds, their attitude to the bar and their ambitions.
And yet, even as their lives take them in opposite directions and away from the bar and its idiosyncratic owner, Robbie and El are drawn and redrawn into one another’s orbits, running into each other across the world.
When – entirely unexpectedly – the pair take over the failing Love and Death together, can they put aside past professional betrayals and personal entanglements to make it successful once more? Or will they burn the whole thing to the ground, dragging each other down in flames too?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780008700607 |
| PRICE | £7.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 384 |
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Featured Reviews
Nichola H, Reviewer
Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review. This book has made it into my top 10 reads of the year! I absolutely devoured this story and was gutted when it ended. The characters were so well written that I felt as though I knew them. Robbie and El had so much depth and character building wrote into the story that I felt every emotion with them. Phenomenal storytelling and writing by the author. This book is highly recommended by me 5 stars!
Jill M, Reviewer
I loved this one! The story kept me turning the pages, the pacing was fantastic, and the writing was even better. This was possibly one of my favorite novels this year!
Christina P, Book Trade Professional
I'm a big fan of Niamh's previous books but she'd outdone herself with Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM. What an epic, sweeping, romantic, heart-breaking story. I adored El and Robbie (and Otto) and it was a pleasure to follow them over twenty years from Shoreditch to Tokyo, via LA. The subject matter was fresh and original and I adored being immersed in the fascinating world of cocktails,
Niamh is so good at pinpointing a character's emotion, unpacking complex feelings but always with an elegant and light touch. It's a rare skill, and it's what gives her characters proper depth. At times, it felt she was describing history - things that actually happened - rather than inventing these people and places. I can think of few other authors who achieve this - what an exceptional writer she is..
Jen R, Reviewer
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this early ARC of ‘Nothing Good Happens After 2AM’ by Niamh Hargan.
Niamh Hargan has fast become one of my auto buy authors and Hargan’s latest is another one I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase. It follows Robbie and El for three decades, with the bar they both work at (Love & Death) bringing them together and tearing them apart over the years.
It was interesting to read about an industry I know nothing about (apart from the customer, drinking side!) and I finished the book wanting every cocktail that was described. It’s kind of a love story but has more depth to it. It is more of a story about life than a story about love.
It made me excited to read more by Hargan and it reminded me why I reach for books like this.
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