I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I felt compelled to request this once I saw that it’s about library workers going head-to-head in a cat-and-mouse game, and I enjoyed the authenticity of the library setting—it seems like Laura Sims did some research because reference librarians do, in fact, get questions like “what time is my show on tonight?”. I found Patricia to be pretentious, though I understand some of her thoughts and feelings about working with the public, so that made me root for Margo more despite her, uh, criminal tendencies. The tension between the two women is decent, but I thought some of the thriller aspects could have been fleshed out more, and the ending feels lackluster compared to the buildup.