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The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans Published on 24 Jun 2025, thanks for providing the ARC @netgalley x @poisonedpenpress Genres - Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers This is a slow burn mystery novel that lets you embrace the loneliness of life, slowly aching reality will engulf you, it depicted hollowness inside pride and soul shattering family secrets are part of life struggle that we have to endure, embark on a journey where each of the family members will become unknown strangers with each closing chapters. At first I thought it was about the library and books but as the story followed, it uncovered twisted history of a mansion with library and family secrets lurking inside the dark corners of bookshelves. Estella Ecker has returned to Rockfall House, the last place on earth she wants to be. Years after she ran away from her overbearing father, she has been forced back home to walk in his footsteps, teaching at the college he dominated and living in the fabulous home where he entertained artists and scholars for decades—and perhaps she owns it now, because her mercurial mother has disappeared. At the center of everything—the whispers, the rumors, the secrets—is her father's library of rare books, which she had been forbidden to touch while he was alive to stop her. Everyone in town is watching Estella, with her dead father's name on their lips, and no one seems to care about her missing mother. Who were her parents, really, and is the answer hidden somewhere in the depths of Rockfall House. Suspenseful? Yes but very slow. This book emphasizes mostly the WWII war affected financial crisis in life, the condition of crestfallen high society people, how a girl turned woman by facing troubled life and parentless situations, a void that is unbearable. I liked how author breaks Estella's psychological aspects, amazingly vivid and heart touching. It's a compelling tale of family secrets and war based historical novel. Recommended to all booklovers. Rating - 4/5🌟 Do you like reading family secret plot? (Historical Fiction, Library, Mystery, Entertainment, Netflix, Book Recommended, Book Review) #TheDarkLibrary #Theladylivesinbook #Netgalley

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