The Woman in the Library

What a fun, refreshing, clever mystery! This is my first book by Gentill but I'll certainly be going back to check out her previous ones. You know the feeling when you're only a few pages in to a new novel, but you still let out a giant sigh of relief, knowing that regardless where the story takes you, you're in the hands of a writer who knows what she's doing. That was my experience with this fun romp of a mystery, with a murder taking place right under the noses of our four leading characters (who are strangers to each other) at the Boston Public Library and being informed that one of them is actually the killer, though seemingly none of them could be. Add in a clever conceit of a man who's a neighbor of one of them and is corresponding with a well-known mystery author, trying to interest her in using the event as the springboard for her next book. Thoroughly entertaining, lively prose, and a plot that kept me guessing.

Thanks to NetGalley for my advanced reader copy.