The Woman in the Library is a delicious read-it's a book that makes you feel. 'What an outstanding job and literary work in the crime-fiction genre!' 'A murder mystery that starts off in a crowded library full of book lovers? SIGN ME UP!' 'This is a smart, well-written whodunit with an interesting cast of characters and a well-developed plot.' 'I loved this intelligent, high tension, addictive, unputdownable book so much!' What readers are saying about The Woman in the Library: Sulari Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library, an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning-it just happens that one is a murderer. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained.

The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream.

In every person's story, there is something to hide. Ned Kelly award winning author Sulari Gentill sets this mystery-within-a-mystery in motion with a deceptively simple, Dear Hannah, What are you writing? pulling us into the ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library. 'Investigations are launched, fingers are pointed, potentially dangerous liaisons unfold and I was turning those pages like there was cake at the finish line.' -Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times must-read books for summer 2022 USA TODAY BESTSELLER * MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD NOMINEE * 2022 BOOKPAGE BEST MYSTERIES AND SUSPENSE * LIBRARY READS TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2022 * CRIME READS BEST NEW CRIME FICTION For readers of Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, with shades of The Secret History, THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY is an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most dangerous weapons of all'.

Harriet, Marigold, Whit, and Caine each have their own reasons for being in the reading room that morning-and it just happens that one of them may turn out to be a murderer. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers who had been sitting in the reading room get to chatting and quickly become friendly.

Security guards immediately appear and instruct everyone inside to stay put until they determine there is no threat. About the Book 'The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room.

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