The Woman in the Library

- Blurb -

' Wickedly clever, highly original and thoroughly entertaining - I loved it!' - Chris Hammer, author of SCRUBLANDS and TREASURE AND DIRT ' This elegantly constructed novel is intelligent, funny, and profound. Who could ask for more? ' - Publishers Weekly ' And then there is a scream. Ragged and terrified. A beat of silence even after it stops, until we all seem to realise that the Reading Room Rules no longer apply. ' 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. 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 Woman in the Library is an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship - and shows that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all. PRAISE FOR THE WOMAN IN THE LIBRARY: ' Sulari Gentill pulls back the curtain on writers and their fixations, revealing the duplicity, the secret rages and the jealousy. Everything, no matter how dire, is material in the end. ' - Jock Serong, author of THE RULES OF BACKYARD CRICKET and THE BURNING ISLAND ' a page-turner from beginning to end. ' - New York Journal of Books ' The Woman in the Library is devious, tricksy and unpredictable. Gentill kept me guessing to the end. Clever, layered and highly original. ' - Karen Viggers, author of THE LIGHTKEEPER' S WIFE and THE ORCHARDIST' S DAUGHTER ' An enormously clever book. I lay awake thinking about it every night until I finished it. ' - Jack Heath, author of HANGMAN and KILL YOUR BROTHER ' A vibrant, twisty murder mystery told vividly and with great humour. ' - Kaaron Warren, author of MISTIFACTION and THE GRIEF HOLE ' Great characters, beautifully written. Sulari Gentill delivers another murder mystery gem. ' - Tim Ayliffe, author of THE GREATER GOOD and THE ENEMY WITHIN