{"product_id":"how-can-i-help-you-9780593543702","title":"How Can I Help You","description":"\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review - Publishers Weekly - CrimeReads - Book Riot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA LibraryReads Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library know only 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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat 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 tragic incident in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo's mysterious past, Patricia can't resist digging deeper--even as her new fixation becomes all-consuming and sends both women hurtling toward disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChilling, incisive, and darkly humorous, \u003ci\u003eHow Can I Help You\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive work of psychological suspense that asks how far we might go to justify our most monstrous desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Sims\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Can I Help You\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year, and a LibraryReads Top Ten Books of July. Sims's first novel, LOOKER, was included on \"Best Books\" lists in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReal Simple, Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and more, and is now in development for television by eOne and Emily Mortimer's King Bee Productions. An award-winning poet, Sims has published four poetry collections; her essays and poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, Boston Review, Lit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElectric Lit\u003c\/i\u003e. She and her family live in New Jersey, where she works part-time as a reference librarian and hosts the library's lecture series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590457102610,"sku":"9780593543702","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6abfe5e0-5c09-4dc6-9df1-8c2a4fe852b5.jpg?v=1732079113","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-can-i-help-you-9780593543702","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}