stories with teeth, she writes books involving mind games, dark humor, general murder and mayhem, and most importantly, finding the hope in the dark.
When not reading or writing, she can usually be found dabbling in art, scheming up her next trip, or making constant expeditions to the library. Born in Florida, raised in France, and having left footprints all over the globe, Pliego is settled in the Pacific Northwest, USA, with her craftsman husband and little son.
She is the bestselling author of You Are Fatally Invited and The Library After Dark.
At Oprah Daily the author tagged seven top dark academia thrillers. One title on the list:
The Woman in the Library by Sulari GentillRead about the other entries on the list.
Strikingly creative and delightfully crafted, The Woman in the Library follows four strangers—an aspiring writer, a psychology student,a law student, and a mysterious established author—whose peaceful moment in the Boston Public Library comes to a screeching (screaming?) halt when they hear the shriek of a woman soon found dead. Their friendship blossoms in the unlikeliest of circumstances, and they band together to use their individual skills and studies to uncover—or conceal—which of them is the killer.
Even more delightful than this cat-and-mouse setup is the meta-narrative of the novel. Between each chapter, we have a one-sided correspondence from a reader named Leo to Hannah, an Australian author writing the story of the woman killed in the library we are in the process of reading. Leo’s letters grow increasingly sinister as he argues with her decisions for the characters and offers, shall we say, alarmingly specific advice on writing crime scenes. Whip-smart, tongue-in-cheek, and full of bookish debates, Gentill’s novel is an academia-infused murder mystery with a delicious twist.
Coffee with a Canine: Sulari Gentill & Rowly, Alfie, Miss Higgins and Pig.
--Marshal Zeringue
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