The Quiet Librarian
A Novel
Allen Eskens
- After
- the
- murder
- of
- her
- best
- friend,
- a
- librarian’s
- search
- for
- answers
- leads
- back
- to
- her
- own
- dark
- secrets
- in
- this
- "searing
- and
- timely"
- novel
- about
- a
- woman
- transformed
- by
- war,
- family,
- vengeance,
- and
- love,
- from
- the
- author
- of
- the
- beloved
- bestseller
- The
- Life
- We
- Bury
- (Kristin
- Harmel,
- author
- of
- The
- Paris
- Daughter)."Fans
- of
- Kristin
- Hannah’s
- The
- Nightingale
- or
- Kate
- Quinn’s
- books
- will
- be
- caught
- up
- in
- this
- story
- of
- a
- courageous
- woman."-Library
- Journal
- (starred
- review)"Exquisitely
- written,
- profoundly
- affecting,
- and
- undoubtedly
- one
- of
- the
- best
- books
- I
- will
- read
- this
- year.”-Louise
- Fein,
- author
- of
- The
- London
- Bookshop
- AffairHana
- Babic
- is
- a
- quiet,
- middle-aged
- librarian
- in
- Minnesota
- who
- wants
- nothing
- more
- than
- to
- be
- left
- alone.
- But
- when
- a
- detective
- arrives
- with
- the
- news
- that
- her
- best
- friend
- has
- been
- murdered,
- Hana
- knows
- that
- something
- evil
- has
- come
- for
- her,
- a
- dark
- remnant
- of
- the
- past
- she
- and
- her
- friend
- had
- shared.Thirty
- years
- before,
- Hana
- was
- someone
- else:
- Nura
- Divjak,
- a
- teenager
- growing
- up
- in
- the
- mountains
- of
- war-torn
- Bosnia—until
- Serbian
- soldiers
- arrived
- to
- slaughter
- her
- entire
- family
- before
- her
- eyes.
- The
- events
- of
- that
- day
- thrust
- Nura
- into
- the
- war,
- leading
- her
- to
- join
- a
- band
- of
- militia
- fighters,
- where
- she
- became
- not
- only
- a
- fierce
- warrior
- but
- a
- legend—the
- deadly
- Night
- Mora.
- But
- a
- shattering
- final
- act
- forced
- Nura
- to
- flee
- to
- the
- United
- States
- with
- a
- bounty
- on
- her
- head.Now,
- someone
- is
- hunting
- Hana,
- and
- her
- friend
- has
- paid
- the
- price,
- leaving
- her
- eight-year-old
- grandson
- in
- Hana’s
- care.
- To
- protect
- the
- child
- without
- revealing
- her
- secret,
- Hana
- must
- again
- become
- the
- Night
- Mora—and
- hope
- she
- can
- find
- the
- killer
- before
- the
- past
- comes
- for
- them, too.
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