{"product_id":"the-quiet-librarian-1","title":"The Quiet Librarian","description":"\u003cb\u003eAfter 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Life We Bury \u003c\/i\u003e(Kristin Harmel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hana 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of Kristin Hannah's \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e or Kate Quinn's books will be caught up in this story of a courageous woman.\"―\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exquisitely written, profoundly affecting, and undoubtedly one of the best books I will read this year.\"―Louise Fein, author of \u003ci\u003eThe London Bookshop Affair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Allen Eskens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52025364250925,"sku":"BS-8XD-566322","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9780316566322-HD.jpg?v=1777302525","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-quiet-librarian-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}