How Can I Help You

Laura Sims

eBook - 2023

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe New York Times Book Review • Publishers Weekly • CrimeReads • Book RiotA LibraryReads PickThe lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession.No one knows Margo’s real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library know only 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 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 n...otices Margo’s subtly sinister edge, and watches her carefully. When a tragic incident in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo’s mysterious past, Patricia can’t resist... more