The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens

 aired the week of April 20, 2026

The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens is the 2026 All Iowa Reads selection.  Hana Babic works at a library.  She has been very successful at keeping a low profile until her best friend Amina Junuzovic is brutally killed.  Hana knows that the killer has ties to their life before, their life in Yugoslavia during the Bosnian War in the 1990s.  Hana has worked to hard to stay hidden to let a stranger ruin her life.  It is up to her to track down Amina's killer and eliminate the threat.  Recommended for those who enjoyed Geraldine' Brooks' People of the Book.