Margo’s just your run of the mill library staff member. She spends her days checking books in and out, helping folks troubleshoot printers, and daydreaming about her prior life. Except her prior life isn’t so run of the mill. Margo is actually Jane, a former nurse who left a slew of mysterious deaths in her wake. The library is now home to all Margo’s imaginings of her former life. It’s pretty ho-hum, that is, until Patricia is hired.
Patricia is a novelist who has given up on writing. Or at least that’s what she tells herself. Now that she’s completed her library degree, she’s happy to have a position as a librarian. With her lackluster first novel shoved into a closed drawer, something prompts Patricia to pick up her pen again. And that something is the mysterious Margo.
When a death in the library leaves Patricia questioning Margo’s mysterious past, Patricia can’t resist writing Margo’s story…even when her plot turns from fiction to fact.
As a librarian, obviously I enjoyed the setting of this story! This book is an engrossing thriller, told through two storytellers with very different points of view. Margo is an character who exudes calm and order despite a chaotic inner monologue. Patricia is a downtrodden dreamer who skates by without drawing much attention to herself. The author keeps you guessing as stories are interwoven, true intentions are uncovered, and books are checked out.
Put How Can I Help You by Laura Sims on hold today.
Happy reading,
-Melinda
Read it or Weep 
This book sounds cool, I like the idea of a psychological thriller being set in a library (I’m a nerd.) I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like that before. It seems like ‘Looker’ got generally negative reviews but I remember enjoying it when it first came out.