Happy Publication day to #TheWomanInTheLibrary
Genre:
Mystery - Thriller - Suspense- Crime Fiction.
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Say hello to one of the best books of the year and the most anticipated one♥♥♥.
When I started reading it I was a bit confused and didn't
understand what was going on? But then, with each chapter things start to get clear and understood that our Heroine Hannah is a famous novelist who is writing a book so what we were reading is her manuscript and she was corresponding and sending chapters to a person called Leo for his/her opinions.
The first chapters as I said a bit confusing just so you get the hang of things but then events start to escalate with our 4 strangers Freddie, Cane, Whit, and Marigold. Their friendship gets stronger with each chapter as they're solving a murder mystery they get involved in it. Then, secrets unravel, love sparks, and things get out of control.
The book is so good.
It's fast-paced with short chapters.
Excellent, sophisticated, and sharp writing.
The thriller that will leave everyone on edge and reading till they reach the end😉.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher
for accepting my request for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book set in a book with multiple mysteries, storylines, and so much going on was just what I needed and didn’t even know. The story goes back and forth from chapters in a book and email correspondence from a beta reader with notes on the book being written. On the surface this sounds completely innocuous but as you continue on the suspense levels rise and you are caught up and off guard from beginning to end.

I really enjoyed the story within a story with another story within it all, sounds confusing but was honestly easy to keep track of everything. I really loved how your feelings and suspicions changed throughout the story, after reading so many mysteries I have come to the conclusion of most books too often. This book had me changing my mind on some characters all the way the to bitter end.

I do feel that some of the dialog between characters at times was a tad unrealistic just in the sense that it didn’t feel like the natural flow that would be happening between friends/companions. I did however really like how the author used characters within multiple stories and how it all interweaved, very intriguing.

All in all I throughly enjoyed this book and would recommend to anyone who is a lover of mysteries, crime books, books about books, suspense novels and the like. This book definitely felt like an old Hitchcock movie which at least for me made me love it even more.

5/5 Stars

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

✨Publication Day Book Review✨ The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill✨ 2/5⭐️✨
Genre: Thriller
Publication Date: Today!
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- Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman

Thoughts
- This story really drew me in in the beginning - a scream in a library, a murder, and four strangers on a mission to find out who did it - love!
- The plot is kind of a Russian Doll in that its told through letters from an editor to an author but also through the book which the author is writing - a really neat idea.
- The switch backs between letters and the novel personally didn’t resonate with me as much as I wish they would’ve and I was a bit lost at times honestly. The secondary plot seemed almost kind of anticlimactic because of the ending and how removed we are from the author in the story.
- Lots of action towards the end of the novel which doesn’t disappoint, but then there’s kind of a cliffhanger ending. So much going on!

Unfortunately, for me this was a bit of a miss, although others may enjoy the unique plot and characters. Thank you to @Netgalley and @PoisonedPenPress for this advance copy in exchange for my honest review!

In “The Woman in the Library” by Sulari Gentill we see what happens when four strangers happen to be in the library and a situation draws them together. As they navigate their new friendships, the secrets they all hold begin to emerge – until one by one they finally realize that one of them is actually the murderer.

The book has a lot of great characters and the background story of each of them plays into the story, so you are left guessing until the very end.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley ad this is my honest opinion.

The Woman in the Library bySulari Gentill
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Happy Pub day to The Woman the Library! Thanks to @netgalley the arc! I was really looking forward to this mystery that takes place inside The Boston Public Library. In the book there is a suggestion that every book is a romance book- mysteries, thrillers, fiction - they are all really romances. This book wasn’t so much a mystery as it was a romance. I didn’t find the mystery that compelling. The characters seemed more interested in what they were going to eat next and connecting with their love interest than anything else. By the end, the mystery was solved but it was rather anti-climactic for me.

The Woman in the Library was a slow start for me. At first, I struggled to understand the letters and the story in the story. It was a book that took a lot of concentration for me to get into. Sad to say, it was only by 60% of the book did I somewhat start to understand what i was truly reading. The ending was pretty good but I didn’t enjoy the lead up to it. Sad to say I didn’t love this one.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC to review.

The Woman in the Library was a brilliantly written mystery, and I was shocked at how many times the narrative twists and turns surprised me. What looks on the surface to be a straightforward find the killer mystery slowly becomes a multi mystery narrative about writers, their muses, and how real life can be scarier than fiction. I highly recommend giving this book a chance to hook you, just as it hooked me. The Woman in the Library gets 5/5 stars and a huge thumbs up from this reader.

I really wished I enjoyed this book more. I was really looking forward to a locked room mystery set in a library but unfortunately that's not what this book was. I did enjoy the story within a story but it ended up being just an average read for me.

This book started a little slow for me as it took a while to connect with the characters, but as relationships grew I became hooked. I love the story inside of a story dynamic and I love how current events were incorporated into the book through the feedback, without being a part of the larger story. I don’t mind when the pandemic or racism are part of a story and I thought this was a really clever way to touch on those subjects.
I only wish we had more in the end on Leo (both versions of him?). It just seemed like there was more to be told there.
Overall, great read!

Pub date: today, June 7th, 2022
This has been the most unusual and delightful novel I’ve read in quite some time. It’s a story within a story. The main character Hannah is writing a novel with the help of a friend, Leo, in Boston where her novel is set. Hannah is in Australia. Readers are privy to their correspondence as well as what’s happening in the novel.

I loved the prose and dialogue, especially the Australian nuances, as they are so believable. I have a daughter in law there, married to my son, an American, and I could just hear her voice in “Freddie’s” character.

This is categorized in mystery thrillers, but i found it to be more of a dramedy, with both drama and amusing lines between characters. i won’t tell you more, you must read this for yourself. It is truly a delight in many ways.
Thank you, NetGalley, publishers Poisoned Pen Press, and of course, the author Sulari Gentill, whom I’ve never heard of but sincerely impressed.

I enjoyed this book immensely. From the first sentence to the last, I was immersed in this story. Freddie, Cain, Marigold, and Whit are in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library when they hear a woman scream. Through this event, the four of them develop a friendship but one of them is a murderer. I read a fair amount of mysteries but I actually didn't know who the murderer was until the reveal. This book was really enjoyable and a great summer read.
Thank you to Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you Netgalley, Poisened Pen Press and the author for an Advanced Copy for honest review.

This is a well written story within a story. Described beautifully, the Boston Public Library sets the scene where four strangers sit at the same table. Then there is a blood curdling scream that echos through the library. The four strangers now become friends to piece together what might have happened. Now there is another layer here where Hannah has help from Leo in trying to help with locations around Boston. The plot and story line all come together for a very good ending you might have not seen coming.

This is the perfect book for mystery fans who like a fun challenge. Sulari Gentill presents a story within a story within a story that keeps the reader flipping pages to the very clever end. You first meet super fan (and unpublished author) Leo via an email he sends to the successful Australian author Hannah Tigone. She is writing a mystery set in Boston but is stuck in Australia. Leo offers to scout out Boston locations, Americanize her Aussie English and aid in any way she needs. Leo's missives are alternated with chapters from the book Hannah is writing.

Chapter One introduces the four main characters: Winifred (Freddie), an Australian writer in Boston thanks to a writer's grant; Whit, a law student desperately wanting to flunk out of law school; Marigold, a much-tattooed psychology grad student; and Cain, a published author with a dark past. They are seated together, initially strangers, in the Boston Public Library when a scream cuts the silence of the room. No body is found until the next day, leaving many questions. The unnerving experience unites the four of them while also revealing each of their secrets over the course of the book.

Leo's emails become more and more menacing and Hannah elects to ignore his advice. However, she does add him to the cast of characters as a kind next door neighbor of Freddie's. This further complicates the story line but perhaps Hannah hopes to placate the "real" Leo. Meanwhile the four new friends try to solve the mystery of the woman's scream in the library. The cat and mouse game makes them (and certainly the reader) doubt who can be trusted.

Ms Gentill weaves together the complex story threads to a satisfying conclusion. This book offer a fresh, enjoyable take on the standard mystery. I found it totally enjoyable and thank Net Galley and Sourcebooks for the chance to read it.

I loved this book!! The setting was perfect (who doesn’t love books about books!?) I loved the library feel, the characters were complex and did things that fit their personalities. I highly recommend this one!!!

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝!

The Woman in the Library, by Solari Gentill, is an ingenious story within a story, simmering with all the classic Agatha Christie vibes, and a touch of Hitchcock, as well. Fascinating, well developed characters, who are thrown together in a semi-locked room scenario, in the Boston Public Library, and become friends thereafter - but that's only part of the overall work.

What a marvelous concept - a view into the mind of the "author at work". There is a story and then there is the author writing the story. The author's friend/fan, Leo, corresponds by emails, which appear at the end of each chapter. Clearly, Hannah, the author, is communicating with Leo, but we do not see her emails. The emails begin as rather innocuous, but Leo may be carrying a more sinister agenda than simply encouragement. Layer upon layer, this mystery is ripe with intrigue and puzzles to be solved. Cleverly written, with wit, a game of literary chess.

My most sincere gratitude to the author, Sulari Genille, NetGalley, and Poisoned Pen press for the opportunity to read this refreshingly new suspense fiction as an e-arc, in exchange for my honest and wholly independent review.

In the cozy splendor of the Boston Public Library, four strangers who silently share a reading table instantly forge a bond of friendship when they hear a terrifying scream, a scream which is later linked with a woman’s dead body.

This clever and suspenseful novel-within-a-novel pulled me in from the first page and wouldn’t let me go. I absolutely loved it, except for some content which I found objectionable.

Content: Profane language is sprinkled throughout the novel. A couple of sex scenes are referred to but not shown explicitly. A few gory crime scenes are briefly described.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a digital advance review copy. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own. Publication date: June 7, 2022.

A bloodcurdling scream is the spark for a sudden friendship between Freddie, an Australian writer, and 3 strangers at the Boston Public Library. The group dives headfirst into trying to solve the mystery as other dangerous attacks start to occur around the area. These four barely know each other and become allies in their investigation of this mysterious scream.
Quick moving thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Thank you Net Galley for the ARC.

The Woman in the Library is a really good book. It's very well written, but I must admit I had a hard time at first keeping track of which story was the main story and which was the story within the story. Gentill certainly took a unique path/style in writing this book, and I must say that it worked! I can't say that I have ever read a book with this particular type of twists, and it kept me guessing/trying to figure out what was going on until the very end. I would recommend this book to most fiction/mystery readers, but warn them to pay close attention to grasp the storyline(s) as you go along, keeping track of who is in the story and who is in the story WITHIN the story. Overall, a fascinating, fun read, and I would love to read more from this author.

This was a great book! It kept me guessing right up until the murderer was revealed. Sadly, I had pegged the wrong killer, but it was still fun! The letters in between chapters were a little confusing at first and then, as an editor, they just irritated me because I felt like Leo was giving her horrible advice, but then it all kind of started to fall in place and the light bulb slowly started to turn on. The story within a story within a story was a bit confusing at times, but it works. It was hard sometimes to remember that the entire work was fictional.

Thank you @netgalley @poisonedpenpress and @sularigentill for my copy of this eARC in exchange of my honest review.

When a woman’s scream is heard in the Boston Public Library, four strangers are asked to stay put in the reading room as security investigates. During their time stuck together, they start to form an unlikely bond. Though little do they know - one of them is a murderer.

It’s honestly been a while that I’ve been so gripped by a thriller that I couldn’t put it down. Sulari Gentill wrote a story within the story that had me anxious to turn the page and see what’s next. This unpredictable book publishes today and is definitely one to read!

This one gets 4⭐️‘s from me!