From the author of Looker comes this "compulsive and unforgettable
novel" (Mona Awad) of razor-sharp suspense about two local 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 gives her 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 as these
"transfixing dual female narrators" (Kimberly McCreight) hurtle toward a
stunning climax.
