![]() ![]() Forced to stay put while the authorities search the building, Freddie and three others strike up a friendship that inspires Freddie to finally start writing her book: She’s idly glancing over her fellow Reading Room occupants and giving them nicknames in her head when a scream rends the air. Our narrator, Freddie, is an Australian author who’s received a fellowship to research her next novel in the United States. The book’s core is the story of four people brought together by a hair-raising scream while they’re all seated in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library. What a delightfully meta-textual examination of writing in the 21st century! With The Woman In The Library, Sulari Gentill has written a truly thought-provoking modern crime fiction novel-one that entertains and enthralls at a high level while still keeping at least one foot grounded in reality. ![]()
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