The Woman in the Library

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This is an excellent book as I would expect from this author. I still yearn for more from her Rowland Sinclair series though. It was SMART, CLEVER, and it didn’t have to rely on twists coming out of left field to deliver a satisfying ending! Gentill was inspired by a correspondence of her own… I love a smart, well written mystery, especially one with a twist in the tale, so this was definitely my kind of book. I have to admit it took a lot of concentration to stay on top of events but the best books usually require participation on the part of the reader. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with an arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Because the struggle for the vote continued decade after decade until 1928, when women obtained the vote on equal voting terms with men, the Library gradually accumulated before and long after that date, collections on the suffrage movement in all its stages. The collection covers the constitutional, the militant and anti-suffrage campaigns. Hannah Tigone is an Australian mystery writer who is writing a book set in Boston. In her book, Winifred “Freddie” Kincaid, who is also an Australian writer, has come to Boston on a writer's scholarship. She went to the Boston Library looking for inspiration when she heard a woman's terrified scream. She along with others, who were sitting at her table, begin talking when the library tells them no one can leave right away following the scream. Everyone has their own reasons for being at the library that day. One of them is also a murderer. Sloane Crosley threw A Christmas Carol, LCD Soundsystem’s New York, and millennial dating culture into a surrealist blender and created this heady, insightful, and darkly funny gem of a book. I can't wait to see what she writes next.”— Caroline Barbee, Friendly City Books, Columbus, MS Nothing about any of these people is as it seems, except for Hannah/Freddie, the narrator of the story.

Sulari Gentill

A Harvard Law student, mommy’s boy with flirting charm, a powerful lawyer’s dear son, she called “ Heroic Chin” and his real name is Whit Metters i requested an ARC of this on netgalley with great haste and love in my heart, because it's set partially in the boston public library, otherwise known as the single greatest place in the world.

In The Woman In The Library, the ending of Hannah’s novel and Freddie’s story felt a bit abrupt to me. Was it weird for you too? These questions made for kind of an interesting look at inspiration and fiction, but it was sort of flat as a thriller ending. I didn’t feel that, OMG, what a twist, it was Book-Leo the whole time! He got away with it all! But I also didn’t feel like we’d gotten a satisfying ending and full explanation of the crimes, and that now Freddie’s good friend was here to help everyone return to normalcy. I mostly felt like I must have missed something that would have made the ending clear.This is a brilliant book about words. The right and the wrong words. How fact can become fiction, fiction fantasy.’ — The Australian Women's Weekly Hannah Tigone, bestselling Australian crime author, is crafting a new novel that begins in the Boston Public Library: four strangers; Winifred, Cain, Marigold and Whit are sitting at the same table when a bloodcurdling scream breaks the silence. A woman has been murdered. They are all suspects, and, as it turns out, each character has their own secrets and motivations – and one of them is a murderer.

The core of this collection is a deposit made in the 1950s by the Josephine Butler Society. They transferred its own library of books, pamphlets, journals, photographs and archives on prostitution and related topics, especially Josephine Butler’s campaigns against the Contagious Diseases Acts and state-registered prostitution. Want to get the latest book news delivered to your inbox each day? Sign up for our daily Book Pulse newsletter. Big Books of the Week NADWORNY: Sulari Gentill is the author of the new book "The Woman In The Library." Sulari, thanks so much for joining us. I’ve never read anything like this novel before in regards to how it was formatted and let me tell you, it was quite refreshing. Besides that, I loved that the setting does indeed take place in a library with writers, authors, and all the conversations you’d expect them to have as they do what they do best. As a professional sports writer and book reviewer myself, this novel truly hit home for me as it felt pretty real and even creepy to me in some parts.

Even the farfetched nature of the plot is endearing, especially the quirky little asides, such as Freddie’s elderly neighbour, who fabricates her medical qualifications before stitching up a gash to Cain’s head.

While crafting this new thriller, Hannah shares each chapter with her biggest fan and aspirational novelist, Leo. But Leo seems to know a lot about violence, motive, and how exactly to kill someone. Perhaps he is not all that he seems... The Women’s Library has a rare book collection made up of the libraries of various individuals. These include a book collection from Nancy Astor originally bought for Crosby Hall, the headquarters of the British Federation of University Women, who could no longer accommodate them. This was a clever whodunit. I was fully invested and did my own detective work while reading. There were sections in this book were things slowed down a little, but I didn't mind. I was enjoying the book too much. DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions. Best-known for her Rowland Sinclair detective stories, in this new novel Sulari Gentill puts merriment into a murder mystery.The most richly accomplished of the brothers’ pairings to date—and given Connelly’s high standards, that’s saying a lot. Book within a book of an author writing about the friendship formed between 4 strangers brought together by a scream in the library, their lives, hanging out together and the mystery of the murder and between them. The surprising ending was also remarkable. I was thinking to give four stars because the whodunnit subplot’s culprit was a little obvious even though the author tries harder to deceive us by pointing out the other characters as suspects. But the unique two intercepted storylines ( both of them are interesting) and smart ending earned my additional half star. Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Expected Publication Date: 6/7/22.