The novel opens with Leo’s cheery celebration of Hannah’s latest book, his complaints about writer’s block as he sits in the Reading Room of the Boston Public Library (famed for the many American writers who worked on their masterpieces there), and his eagerness to read drafts of her next work. Hannah originally planned to come to Boston, but Australian bushfires, catastrophic flooding, and the lockdown in Australia in response to the COVID pandemic prevent her from making the trip. Leo sends Hannah feedback on whether she has gotten the diction right for her American characters and research on the Boston setting. The frame (top-level) narrative comprises emails from Leo Johnson, also known as Wil Saunders, to successful Australian mystery writer Hannah Tigone, who sends him chapter drafts of her latest work-in-progress. The Woman in the Library is a story-within-a-story.
Content Warning: The source material for this guide includes descriptions of physical assaults, sexual assaults, violence against women, and stalking behavior.
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