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ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Sulari Gentill's latest novel is a page-turning mystery with some added cleverness that sparkles delight. Like her successful historical crime fiction series - the Rowland Sinclair mysteries - the tone here is bright and full of amiable chat. And food. Lots of eating. But here the setting is very now, set in current day America. It is also written in first person, mostly from the perspective of Winifred (Freddie) - an Australian author on a writing sabbatical in Boston.
This however is a 'Russian doll' of a novel. Winifred is the central character in a novel by bestselling Australian author, Hannah Tigone, who is in turn a character in a novel by bestselling Australian author, Sulari Gentill! This brings an added dimension wherein Hannah corresponds with an avid fan, Leo, as her novel develops and allows the art of mystery writing to be examined, while also introducing a separate mystery. Very meta! Great fun, fresh and invigorating storytelling. Craig Kirchner
After setting out to study astrophysics, graduating in law and then abandoning her legal career to write books, Sulari now grows French black truffles on her farm in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains of NSW. Sulari is author of The Rowland Sinclair Mystery series, historical crime fiction novels (eight in total) set in the 1930s. Sulari's A Decline in Prophets (the second book in the series) was the winner of the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Fiction 2012. She was also shortlisted for Best First Book (A Few Right Thinking Men) for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2011. Paving the New Road was shortlisted for another Davitt in 2013.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Sulari Gentill's latest novel is a page-turning mystery with some added cleverness that sparkles delight. Like her successful historical crime fiction series - the Rowland Sinclair mysteries - the tone here is bright and full of amiable chat. And food. Lots of eating. But here the setting is very now, set in current day America. It is also written in first person, mostly from the perspective of Winifred (Freddie) - an Australian author on a writing sabbatical in Boston.
This however is a 'Russian doll' of a novel. Winifred is the central character in a novel by bestselling Australian author, Hannah Tigone, who is in turn a character in a novel by bestselling Australian author, Sulari Gentill! This brings an added dimension wherein Hannah corresponds with an avid fan, Leo, as her novel develops and allows the art of mystery writing to be examined, while also introducing a separate mystery. Very meta! Great fun, fresh and invigorating storytelling. Craig Kirchner
‘Craftily pulling the strings of both is the real author herself, Sulari Gentill, who proves once again that she is a true master of the genre. The Woman in the Library is a beguiling murder mystery nestled within an epistolary crime novel wrapped up as a metafiction – and it’s a delight.’ * Sydney Morning Herald * ‘an authentically enticing world of fast friendships and creative collaboration which — despite the plot points involving murder — invites readers to linger.’ * The West Australian * ‘This is a clever, twisting piece of meta-crime writing that will have you scouring layers for clues and finding in the pages the joy of a truly original read.’ * Readings Monthly * ‘a sharply thrilling literary adventure, with a clever twist.’ * The Weekend Australian * ‘This is a brilliant book about words. The right and the wrong words. How fact can become fiction, fiction fantasy.’ * The Australian Women's Weekly * ‘entertaining, original and compelling.’ * The Au Review * ‘An exhilarating, entertaining literary thriller with satisfying twists in each of its tales-within-tales-within-tales.’ * LoveReading *
