How Can I Help You
Laura Sims
£9.99
Mr B's review
For lovers of cosy crime, comes a new voice in literary suspense. Margo is a librarian in a small US town. She is also a reformed serial killer. When a new librarian, Patricia, joins the team, all initially appears to be well. But Patricia has secrets of her own and the unexpected death of a customer on the premises triggers a riveting game of cat and mouse. Written with dark humour, there follows an unforgettable descent into “jolly madness” as the two librarians fortunes become inextricably linked. – Sue
Description
A razor-sharp psychological suspense about two librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined, How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession.
No one knows Margo’s real name.
Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a trail of countless premature deaths in her wake. She has turned a new page, so to speak, and the library is her sanctuary, a place to quell old urges.
That is, at least, until Patricia, a recent graduate and failed novelist, joins the library staff. Patricia quickly notices Margo’s subtly sinister edge and watches her carefully. When a patron’s death in the library bathroom offers a hint of Margo’s mysterious past, Patricia can’t resist digging deeper – even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming.
Publisher Review
Sims plumbs the depths of obsession and madness… deftly building the tension until the explosive ending * The Washington Post * Deliciously unsettling * New York Times (Best Thrillers of 2023) * A gripping and dark psychological thriller about two librarians that takes place in a library. Delicious… I read it one sitting — Harlan Coben A fun and entertaining cat-and-mouse novel… a perfect book for when you just want to sit back, relax, and read about women behaving badly… you’ll fly through the pages * Glamour * Bringing workplace politics to a fever pitch, How Can I Help You is a delicious mystery begging to be enjoyed beachside. . . . Equal parts cozy mystery and nail-biter, Laura Sims’ latest novel is sure to satisfy just about any thriller craving * Rolling Stone *
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