How Can I Help You by Laura Sims
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.
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
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 *
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 *
Laura Sims’s previous novels How Can I Help You and Looker have been featured on Best Books lists in the New York Times Book Review, Vogue, People, Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, Publishers Weekly and more. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in the New Republic, Boston Review, LitHub and Electric Lit. She lives in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a children’s librarian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857308757 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857308750 |
| Title | How Can I Help You |
| Author | Laura Sims |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verve Books |
| Year published | 2024-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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