# The Quiet Librarian - Paperback

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by **Allen Eskens** (Author)

**After 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** _**The Life We Bury**_ **(Kristin Harmel, author of** _**The Paris Daughter**_**).**

**WINNER OF THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD**

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.

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.

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.

**"Fans of Kristin Hannah's** _**The Nightingale**_ **or Kate Quinn's books will be caught up in this story of a courageous woman."―**_**Library Journal**_ **(starred review)**

**"Exquisitely written, profoundly affecting, and undoubtedly one of the best books I will read this year."―Louise Fein, author of** _**The London Bookshop Affair**_

### Author Biography

**Allen Eskens** is the _USA Today_ bestselling author of _The Life We Bury_, which has been published in twenty-six languages, and eight other novels, most recently _Saving Emma_, _Forsaken Country,_ _The Stolen Hours_, _The Shadows We Hide,_ and _Nothing More Dangerous_. His books have won the Barry Award, the Rosebud Award, the Silver Falchion Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. Eskens is a former criminal defense attorney and lives with his wife, Joely, in greater Minnesota.

**Number of Pages:** 320

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** February 03, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 26.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** 20th Century, Books, Fiction, Historical, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers, Women

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