This book was so good! I really enjoyed the storytelling tactic the author took. I couldn’t put this one down.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I would give “The Woman in the Library” 3.75 stars overall.

While I did find the first few chapters to be a slow start to the story, once I got past these I found myself reading into the early hours of the morning, curious to find out what would happen next. The correspondence between Hannah and Leo intrigued me, and I would have liked for that subplot to be a little more fleshed out. I enjoyed this part of the story more than the main plot.

Overall, I think what elevates this book from your average mystery thriller is the ‘book within a book’ concept, and the subplot of the correspondence between Hannah and Leo. I haven’t rounded up to 4 stars, purely because I did feel a little disappointed by the outcome of the story between the 4 main characters, and I would have liked the subplot to have been a bigger part of the overall story. An easy and enjoyable read, though. Thank you again for the ARC.

I received this ARC by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book and couldn’t put it down. Wonderful depth of characters, plenty of mystery and a slight romance thrown. Gentill starts this book off with an email from Leo to Hannah, who is writing a mystery and Leo is giving her advice. . Then you jump right into the story in which Freddy is sitting in one of the reading rooms at Boston Public Library trying to write her first novel. After starring at the celling for a long time she starts to notice the three people (Cain, Marigold & Whit) around her. She begins by giving them nicknames and writes down their description in her notebook until they hear a woman scream. They are asked to stay in the reading room and this begins their friendship. But as the story moves along you find out that one of the four might be murderer. Grab this book and find out if Freddi, Cain, Marigold or Whit is the murderer or if someone else did it.

Thank you NetGalley for the Arc!! This was a good read. The plot kept me hooked just enough to want to keep reading to find out what happened next. The relationship between Leo and Hannah had me a little confused at first, but details later in the book explain their connection. I really enjoyed the dual storylines, it was a unique twist on mystery writing. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who needs a good quick read.

This is a suspenseful novel, populated with engaging young characters. It was compelling from the first chapter and will definitely appeal to Hitchcock fans . . . And, the author leads us to consider that director by staging a date night at North By Northwest.

I found myself put off by the narrative style of the book, but that is a very personal preference. The Woman in the Library will be very appealing to many modern mystery readers.

Netgalley provided me a complimentary copy of this book in exchange foe a candid r3view.

Very unusual and original book! I like it very much and it was refreshing. Something I needed badly at the moment! great book!!

A suspenseful read featuring two stories that author Gentill seamlessly blends together. A successful Australian woman author has begun an e-mail correspondence with an American aspiring author discussing her new manuscript. While in Boston, writer in residence grant winning Australian writer Winifred "Freddie" Kincaid finds inspiration at the Boston Public Library to write. There are three others at her table and she imagines them in a story. Then there occurs a horrible scream, but oddly no body is found and no one comes forward to say something frightened her or him. The four go to the Map Room for coffee and learn that one is a psychology student, one is studying law and one of them is also a writer. Freddie and the others exchange numbers and soon burgeoning friendships are developing. However, a body is eventually found in the library and other events occur that has Freddie thinking she may have been sharing a table with a killer. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book, it's about a murder in the Boston Public Library. As Freddie the protagonist says it's the opposite of a locked room mystery!!! Four strangers come together after hearing a scream in the library, they all have something to hide. I liked that the chapters alternated with the letter writing Leo. It explores friendship and the unlikely way that friendship works.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

This purports to be chapters of a story set in Boston narrated by an Australian author and critiqued by an American fan. Initially I found it all a little 'meta' and tiresome, but it grew on me and by the end I was really enjoying it. It kept me guessing, and the references to Black Lives Matter and Covid were done with a light but thought-provoking touch.

This book was very hard for me to get into. Going back and forth between the actual book and the book the character is writing was confusing and annoying.

We begin in a gorgeous reading room at the Boston Public Library. Wonderfully quiet and peaceful... until the shocking scream of clearly terrified scream. The Library security guards quickly arrive and inform everyone inside of the Library that no one is allowed to leave while the crime scene is secured. While the library patrons are sitting and are awaiting for the all-clear, four young strangers, who are all occupying the same table, decide to pass time by talking and getting to know one another and friendships quickly develop. Every individual at the Library has their own reasons for being in the reading room that morning. However, it's highly likely that one of them is the murderer.

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Good book.
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.
Thanks to NetGalley and publisher for giving me an advanced copy.

I’d like to thank netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review. Unfortunately I couldn’t get into this book, the premise made it sound interesting but sadly I just couldn’t get into it.

Much thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC!

I LOVED this book. Maybe it hit me on exactly the right day, maybe I was in the mood for this book specifically and didn't even know it... but I loved it.

Was it a perfect story, no. But I was totally sucked into the mystery, and I enjoyed the two separate storylines being told simultaneously. I was curious about the correspondence between the author and her mysterious friend, as well as being thoroughly invested in the characters introduced in the main story.

It reminded me a bit of a modern day Agatha Christie mash-up of The Body in the Library and the TV series Only Murders in the Building. I devoured the book in one sitting, and look forward to any future books by this author!

Poisoned Pen Press I can't thank you enough for this super amazing ebook!

This is my first Sulari Gentill and I can promise it will not be my last!
I jumped up and down when I seen this was added to my shelf!
So to say I was pretty dang excited is a complete understatement!

This was such a awesome story! A d they way this author writes is phenomenal! No other word for it!
The characters are so well written a d had me so interested and wanting to know more!
This has some great unexpected twists added which was an amazing ride!
The Woman in the Library held my attention and scanning the pages which deserves five stars in my book!

Thanks again NetGalley, Publisher and Author for the chance to read and review this amazing book!
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I am new to author Sulari Gentill, but can now be placed firmly in the category of Huge Fan. The Woman in the Library is written in an unusual format which I thoroughly enjoyed; a fan writing the author with manuscript feedback and suggestions. The manuscript mirroring a meeting of four strangers in the Boston Public Library and the resulting friendships. Ms. Gentill writes a smart, story with some surprising twists. I enjoy her voice and her subtle humor. And I loved this book!