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Murder and murder and murder and murder and murder on the Orient Express.

Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

August 15, 2025 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This was a really solid murder mystery, but I do want to warn everyone that it is nowhere near as twisty and meta as you might be expecting if you’ve read some of her previous books. Don’t do like I did and keep waiting for some mega surprising twist at the end; it’s not that kind of book. When they say they’ve solved the mystery, they’ve solved […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: ARCs, Five Found Dead, murder mystery, mystery, Sulari Gentill, the Orient Express, trains, whodunnit

narfna's CBR17 Review No:28 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: ARCs, Five Found Dead, murder mystery, mystery, Sulari Gentill, the Orient Express, trains, whodunnit ·
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Brainwarp Time

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

August 13, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo Rec’d I was gifted and recommended this book by someone who told me there would be surprises and not all was as it would appear to be.  So I started reading it carefully, trying to put together the pieces, but it then started to be clear that I was being misdirected left and right. We start off with four strangers in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library, sharing a table and peacefully minding their own business, when there is a sudden scream […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Australian writer OR NOT, Boston centric, cbr17bingo, Ending from outa nowhere, Nothing is as it appears to be, Sulari Gentill, Sure wouldn't mind living in Boston, Writer Meta

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:43 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Australian writer OR NOT, Boston centric, cbr17bingo, Ending from outa nowhere, Nothing is as it appears to be, Sulari Gentill, Sure wouldn't mind living in Boston, Writer Meta ·
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Okay now this is a twist!

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

February 26, 2023 by Mobius_Walker 2 Comments

Okay. Let me see if I can accurately summarize this book. The Woman in the Library is a book by Sulari Gentill about an author named Hannah Tigone who is writing a new mystery novel. Hannah sends each of the chapters she writes to a penpal named Leo for feedback. Each chapter of The Woman in the Library is a fictional chapter in Hannah’s book followed by feedback and notes from Leo. The fictional book that Hannah is writing is about an author who was awarded a […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery Tagged With: CBR15Passport, meta fiction, mystery, Sulari Gentill

Mobius_Walker's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery · Tags: CBR15Passport, meta fiction, mystery, Sulari Gentill ·
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A meta murder mystery about writing murder mysteries.

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

October 29, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I had a really good time with this book. I am honestly pleased with most mysteries that I read because something about the genre makes me inherently happy, but I am always very excited when I find one that goes above and beyond the expectations of the genre, and plays around a little. This one definitely did that. It was like brain candy for me. A little treat. The book is split into two parts, the first being a rough draft of a murder mystery […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: book within a book, Boston, meta, mystery, narfna, Sulari Gentill, Suspense, the woman in the library

narfna's CBR14 Review No:168 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: book within a book, Boston, meta, mystery, narfna, Sulari Gentill, Suspense, the woman in the library ·
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O Will I Ever Be Free of This Losing Streak

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

August 22, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 14 Bingo: Funky Not funky haha – but funky weird. Hannah is writing a murder mystery about a quartet of friends, and Leo is beta reading it. But even as the mystery within Hannah’s novel grows complicated, it becomes clear that Leo isn’t who he says he is. I have been cleaning up the ancient dregs of my backlog on NetGalley, which unfortunately is a lot like panning for gold. And thus far I have been, alas, an unsuccessful prospector. This book had a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Sulari Gentill

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:112 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Sulari Gentill ·
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