The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fast-paced suspense novel set in and around the Boston Public Library. Four strangers are in the library researching and writing when a scream is heard. The usually silent reading room buzzes with conversation about the scream, and these four quickly form a friendship. The story-within-a-story in epistolary format gives an additional, unique perspective. This is quite a page-turner and I finished the book in about 36-hours, anxious to find out who-dunit! It had everything I look for in a book - mystery, books, libraries, writers, readers, red herrings. Many thanks for NetGalley for the ARC! Highly recommended!
January 2026 Update: I re-read this book for a buddy read book club, and
I liked it just as much the second time around! Of course I didn't
remember the actual culprit, so the ending was a surprise to me once
again. The story-within-a-story works well to add suspense and to keep
the reader guessing.
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