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By Sulari Gentill

When I picked this up, it sounded like a nice little mystery book, but I got an intricate puzzle box of a plot that I cannot stop thinking about.

Four strangers are at the same table in the Boston Public Library reading room when a scream echoes through the hall. While forced to stay seated during a search, they forge a bond. Later, they learn that a body was discovered in an adjacent room. Through their shared desire to solve the crime, friendships deepen, questions emerge, and readers face numerous quandaries.

At a certain point in the book, I paused, realizing that I had been paying attention to all of the wrong things. Without giving too much away, throughout the novel, I made a case that every single character could have done it and absolutely could not have done it. This is partially due to the way the book’s narrative structure folds in on itself. Even after I finished, I still aim unsure if I read a book, a book about writing a book, or something in between. Nevertheless, I will think about this story and its characters for a long time.