The Woman in the Library
Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
3.7
(241)
Sulari Gentill
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. 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!"
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Author
Sulari Gentill
Pages
288
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Published Date
2022
ISBN
1728261945 9781728261942
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"DNF"
Sher Free✌️
"Not my favorite. I thought it was slow but I stuck with it. The ending was good and unexpected, but I didn't feel it made up for the rest of the book. Never found myself connecting to any of the characters."
Mia Corkum
"Any story that takes place in a library is a good story."
Danielle Henry
"I really liked the style of this book. After each chapter is an email from someone the "author" of the story is corresponding with which at first is just an interesting style but then starts to be part of how the author writes the story. "
Meagan Khatthaname
"Zero stars. "
Tadie Bill
"A story within a story. Worth sticking with slow story building."
Brandi Always Reading
"ARGHHHH!!!!! This book was vexing. I picked it up this afternoon to be a "light read" before I tackled To Kill A Mockingbird, and while I waited for the 3rd book in a trilogy. I thought it would be fluff. It was, but then it also wasn't. The narrator is exceptionally unreliable, as it's a story told via letters and manuscript chapters of a mystery writer writing about a mystery writer writing a mystery based on a murder she's in the vicinity for. It's a decent mystery, with amusing commentary about the cliches of murder mysteries. I finished it in a single sitting, so it was compelling. Mostly because I came up with a theory, and wanted to see if I was right. I was, so yeah, but then the final SENTENCE! ARGH! It has made me doubt my interpretation of the book. So, my hats off to the author. I might have to read this again."
Jennifer
"I picked up this book with a lot of hope…but it fell short :( I have halfway through and there are barely any developments in the plot. It’s 20% plot and 80% daily lives activity. This made me loose interest and guessing “what in the world am I supposed to look forward to?” I can see why the mcs are not interested in solving the crime, because normal humans would forget about it. But this is literally the plot!! The mystery and thriller part felt more like the sub-plot."
J L
"I would give this one a fair 2.5 stars. The concept of it was really interesting. I’d never read a book formatted like this one; with it being a story within a story. BUT the novelty of the creative format was not enough to make up for the parts that dragged or the extremely anticlimactic ending. I was very underwhelmed by the end. "
BreeElla
"This had an interesting concept and it really sucked me in. The first 3/4s of the book were a joy and so well done. Interesting plot lines, surprises, and development. Unfortunately, the last 1/4 was rushed and abrupt and felt as if the author sort of just 'gave up'. I got to the end and actually said out loud, "Wait. What? That's it?!" Not enough closure or explanation. If the author wanted to leave the reader with a sense of foreboding, they missed the mark entirely. What a shame. "
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