The Woman In The Library by Sulari Gentill

 In every person's story, there is something to hide...

The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until 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.

Award-winning author 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.

 

MY REVIEW: 2.5 Stars 

 I love the idea of this book, but I couldn't get into it all the way. 

We have these people that meet at a table in the Boston Public Library. They hear a woman scream.... 

We also get letters from a writer and her beta writer. He has to do research for her as she's from Australia and can't come to Boston due to covid. Sooo.... are these people real? Are they just characters in her book? One of them is a murderer. Is it a real person or a person that's in the book. Yes, I'm going to say it? This is a book inside of a book that's possibly inside another book! 

 Sigh... Unfortunately, for me this was a miss. I was confused at times and I didn't really connect to the characters. 

 This is just my opinion! I suggest you read it and see if you just might love it. I have friends that loved it and that didn't so you never know. 

 *Thank you to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a digital copy of this book.