Clever, layered and highly original.’ – Karen Viggers, author of THE LIGHTKEEPER’S WIFE and THE ORCHARDIST’S DAUGHTER ‘ The Woman in the Library is devious, tricksy and unpredictable. ‘a page-turner from beginning to end.’ – New York Journal of Books Everything, no matter how dire, is material in the end.’ – Jock Serong, author of THE RULES OF BACKYARD CRICKET and THE BURNING ISLAND ‘Sulari Gentill pulls back the curtain on writers and their fixations, revealing the duplicity, the secret rages and the jealousy. How fact can become fiction, fiction fantasy.’ - The Australian Women's Weekly 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. But Leo seems to know a lot about violence, motive, and how exactly to kill someone. While crafting this new thriller, Hannah shares each chapter with her biggest fan and aspirational novelist, Leo. 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. 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 beat of silence even after it stops, until we all seem to realise that the Reading Room Rules no longer apply. Who could ask for more?’ - Publishers Weekly

‘This elegantly constructed novel is intelligent, funny, and profound. ‘a seriously fun read.’ - Dervla McTIernan, author of The Ruin and The Murder Rule

‘Wickedly clever, highly original and thoroughly entertaining – I loved it!’ - Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands and Treasure and Dirt ‘a true master of the genre’ - The Sydney Morning Herald NOMINEE 2023 EDGAR AWARDS - MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD WINNER OF THE CRIME FICTION LOVER BEST INDIE NOVEL 2022

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