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Book SynopsisA LibraryReads Pick
From the author of Looker comes this compulsive and unforgettable novel (Mona Awad) of razor-sharp suspense about two local librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined.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 gives her a hint of Margo?s mysterious past, Patricia can?t resist digging deeper?even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming.
Taut and compelling,
How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession as these transfixing dual female narrators (Kimberly McCreight) hurtle toward a stunning climax.
