{"product_id":"how-can-i-help-you","title":"How Can I Help You","description":"** 'A MARVELLOUSLY INTENSE, READ-IN-ONE-SITTING GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE AMONG THE BOOK STACKS' - GUARDIAN ** From the author of Looker comes this razor-sharp suspense about two librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined. No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know 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 countless 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 notices Margo's subtly sinister edge and watches her carefully. When a patron's death in the library bathroom offers a hint of Margo's mysterious past, Patricia can't resist digging deeper - even as this new fixation becomes all-consuming. Taut and compelling, How Can I Help You explores the dark side of human nature and the dangerous pull of artistic obsession. PRAISE FOR HOW CAN I HELP YOU ‘A dark and spellbinding descent into jolly madness’ – MONA AWAD ‘A gripping and dark psychological thriller... Delicious... I read it one sitting’ – HARLAN COBEN ‘A sly meditation on art and identity and the depths we'll go to protect our constructs. I couldn't have loved this book more’ – PAUL TREMBLAY ‘With transfixing dual female narrators and an artful, innovative structure, How Can I Help You is both a riveting commentary on false pretenses and an utterly beguiling cat and mouse thriller’ – KIMBERLY McCREIGHT 'Openly indebted to Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith, this is a terrific two-hander... This makes for fine cat-and-mouse (or cat-and-cat?) suspense, but also an unsettling moral tale' - SUNDAY TIMES 'A fun and entertaining cat-and-mouse novel... a perfect book for when you just want to sit back, relax, and read about women behaving badly... you'll fly through the pages' - GLAMOUR ‘A delicious mystery begging to be enjoyed beachside… Sure to satisfy just about any thriller craving’ – ROLLING STONE ‘Unnerving... reads like a homage to Shirley Jackson’s work’ – NEW YORK TIMES ‘Sims plumbs the depths of obsession and madness... deftly building the tension until the explosive ending’ – WASHINGTON POST ‘Fresh and funny... A quick read that is reminiscent of Laura Lippman's Sunburn and Christine Mangan's Tangerine’ – BOOKLIST ** A Publishers Weekly Book of the Week ** ** A CrimeReads Book of the Month ** ** A Town \u0026amp; Country Must-Read Book of the Summer **\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAuthor: Laura Sims,author\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Laura Sims,author\u003cbr\u003eBinding: paperback\u003cbr\u003eNumber Of Pages: 224\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: \u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English,Published,English,Original Language\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 1\u003cbr\u003ePublished\/Release Date: 25 Jul 2024\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher\/Studio\/Brand: Verve Books\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Director\/Artist: Laura Sims\u003cbr\u003eDimension (cm): 198x198x129 mm\u003cbr\u003ePackage Dimension (cm): 18x195x129 mm\u003cbr\u003eItem Weight (g): 160\u003cbr\u003ePackage Weight (g): 160","brand":"Verve Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53336926716201,"sku":"BK0857308750","price":61.01,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/5868\/0105\/files\/71oxFiIko2L_1028123a-3bd0-4cfb-9954-de757e265a83.jpg?v=1785831580","url":"https:\/\/www.centloop.com\/products\/how-can-i-help-you","provider":"Centloop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}