This is one of the of the best books I listened recently. The story is so unique and the characters very well crafted. I really couldn’t put it down until the last page. I would definitely recommend this book.

3.5 stars ✨ but rounded it up.

This being a story within a story threw me off at first. When I was reading the parts about Freddie and her friends, I didn’t realize that was actually a book transcript that was being written and shared.

But once I realized that I was able to differentiate between the parallel stories.

Overall, thrillers/mysteries aren’t my go to when it comes to books and I always lean more towards NA versus YA. So this was more of a preference on my end. Also, just the story within a story made it a bit confusing at times.

Overall easy ready — finished it in a day and good characters. Definitely a lot of twists to make you question who was the real killer.

I thought this audiobook was good, and I liked the fact that the narrator had an Australian accent as one of the MCs in the book was from Australia. I also really liked the premise of having four strangers meet at a library because of a murder was really cool, as well as having one of those strangers be the murderer itself. If you're a fan of murder mysteries, hidden identities and listening to an Australian accent, then I would recommend this book. I want to thank the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for giving me an audio copy of this book, in return for an honest review.

this was just fine, could have been so much more thrilling. leo's voice was annoying but those parts of the chapter were the most interesting

This is a great story-within-a-story, set in Boston (one of my favorite cities), that has it all - books, writing, murder, and mystery! I devoured this story as it got stranger and stranger, and I loved the epistolic nature of the outer story. It combined lots of fun elements and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Would definitely read another by this author!

This unique story was quite the page-turner! I was deeply involved from the first pages, and enjoyed the journey this one took me on. Great book!

This took me a little while to get into, mostly because I find books about authors/writing irritating. However, as the story went on and the purpose of the little editorial bits became apparent I enjoyed it a lot more.

The description - a mystery set in the BPL? YES PLEASE. However, I'm not sure if I'm just completely in a slump, or this was not the right book for me right now, though I had a hard time following or caring about this meta-mystery or the characters.

Appreciative of the NetGalley ARC, though setting this aside as DNF at 31%

The Woman in the Library is a convoluted novel, within a novel, within an I'm not sure what. The narrator is a woman from Australia, author who received a grant to spend time in Boston to write her next book. She's at the main branch of the Boston Public Library and while she's suffering through some writer's block she watches her table-mates and starts to make up little names and stories for each person. Then there's a woman's scream, a woman found dead, the police are called and the woman and her table mates are stuck waiting for police to finish up and start up a conversation.

The four quickly become friends, but as you find out from the description, one of them is a murderer! The Australian writer then begins to write a book using her new friends as characters in a basic locked room murder mystery all the while trying to discover the scream in the library. As she learns more about the people she just met, each one of them looks like a good suspect for the death of the screamer. Then things get screwy. story about the Australian writer and her group of friends is actually being written by someone else (it's a Russian nesting doll of a book). You find this out in interludes of correspondence between the actual writer (who is in Australia) and a fan/frustrated writer who is located in Boston.

The whole premise of the book was interesting and weird and apparently rather divisive if you go off other reviews. I was inititally confused and found it hard to keep storylines straight but once the book got into it's pattern it was easy to follow along. While I figured out who the murderer was pretty early on, it was still an interesting path to the final conclusion of the storylines.

Thanks to NetGalley & Poisoned Pen Press for the free e-book.

4 strangers brought together by a scream in the Boston library. But that's not all, this is a story with in a story as well. I feel like this kind of enhanced the original mystery of the story. I think that when you get to 40% in, is when it starts to get interesting.



 My rating is 3.5 ⭐️


Thank you Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for this Ebook for an honest review.

This was an amazing and completely engaging. I was invested from the very first chapter. The characters were complex. The plot was original. Best book of 2022.

I did not enjoy this one mainly due to the writing style. I think I was just not the audience for this one.

This book was so different and alluring. It’s essentially a book within a book. The story unfolds as a group of strangers hears a gunshot in the Boston Library. They become friends and, as the story unfolds, things are learned about each character. It had me guessing until the very end and I was quite surprised by the ending.

I was really excited to read this, but I didnt get too far - something about the writing style just didnt resonate with me and so it was unfortunately a DNF

God this had me HOOKED 🤩 fans of Lucy Foley, Alice Feeney and even Agatha Christie, I think would enjoy this book.

Really fast paced and I love a murder mystery with a twist. It was so much more than a crime fiction as it dealt with a lot of topics around friendship and trust.

Highly recommend this if you’re after a fast paced read 👀

What started off like a fun mystery with a scream somewhere in the library, it slowly turned into a drag. There were too many characters, too many timelines and the plot was left for wanting. I continually had to force myself to focus and even flip back to check what I had read previously. This was too much work for what should be an enjoyable thrill.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the e-copy of this book.

Love a who-done-it!! Friendship and murder what better way to solve a mystery! Great twisty literary adventure in every page.

This is a fun read (I listened). The murder is at the Boston Public Library and the characters all hear "the scream". Freddy is and Australian scholarship studendt who has not only decided to solve this crime but is incorporating her new friends who were all sitting at the same table into her own book.

Yes, it is a book within a book and yes it did get a bit confusing at moments (I chalk it up to not focussing on the listening and trying to do too many things at once).

Smart, interestng characters and lots of twists and turns - which I loved. I will look for this author in the future!

Much thanks to Dreamscape and Netgalley for the opportunity to listen to this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is fantastic! A story within a story, a mystery with twists and turns, it’s fabulous. Honestly this is one of the best books I have ever read. The concept was unique and the writing was engaging. Excellent read!!!

I finished this one, but didn't enjoy it at all and could barely finish it. I didn't quite understand the point and would not recommend it even though the word "library" is in the title!