
The Woman in the Library
A Novel
Sourcebooks · Print & ebook · June 7, 2022
USA TODAY BESTSELLER "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 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, layered mystery that plays well in discussion and keeps the page moving.
- Genres
- Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Thrillers
- Published
- Sourcebooks, June 7, 2022
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USA TODAY BESTSELLER "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 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.
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In every person's story, there is something to hide... The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. 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. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer. 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. What readers are saying about The Woman in the Library: "I loved this intelligent, high tension, addictive, unputdownable book so much!" "I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!" "This is a smart, well-written whodunit with an interesting cast of characters and a well-developed plot." "A murder mystery that starts off in a crowded library full of book lovers? SIGN ME UP!" "What an outstanding job and literary work in the crime-fiction genre!"
Layered Tension
A sharp, layered mystery that plays well in discussion and keeps the page moving.
Come here for
- book-club-ready tension
- mystery with a literary angle
Expect
- psychological unease
- an amateur-sleuth frame
Where it sits
| Mystery | 43% |
|---|---|
| Suspense | 28% |
| Psychological Thrillers | 19% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Crime Fiction
- Friendship
- Authors
- Sulari Gentill
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Published
- June 7, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Crime Fiction