The Woman in the Library

 

I received a copy of this release from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Title: The Woman in the Library 

Author: Sulari Gentill

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Release Date: 6.7.22

Publisher’s Summary 

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

A murder mystery starting in the Boston Public Library's reading room? Sounds perfect. As I started reading I was a bit confused with the embedded narrative but kept reading with hopes of being able to untangle it all. As I progressed the book within a book (within a book?) style became way too much. I kept reading, thinking that the ending would either tie everything together in a way that was going to blow my mind, or I was going to be super let down. Unfortunately, it was the latter.