'Do Tell is an absolute marvel: page-turning yet thought-provoking historical in its setting
yet contemporary in its concerns. . . A deeply moving immensely satisfying blockbuster of a
debut novel' Anthony Marra *** THERE'S NOTHING STRONGER THAN A GOOD STORY. THE QUESTION IS: WHO
GETS TO TELL IT? The clock is ticking on Hollywood actress Edie O'Dare's contract with FWM
Studios. Her acting career is going nowhere and she's running out of time to find a new role
in the industry - other than providing salacious details of the latest party or premiere to the
press. So when an up-and-coming starlet hands her an explosive letter - alleging an assault by
an A-list actor - Edie helps get the story into print and buys herself a new career as
Tinseltown's new reigning gossip columnist. Edie has more power on the page than she ever
commanded in front of the camera. But dealing in your former friends' secrets comes at a price
- and when her scoop turns into the trial of the decade Edie's decisions have the potential to
ruin more than one life . . . Do Tell is a glittering journey into golden age Hollywood and a
sharply relevant exploration of secrets power and who gets to tell your story. Praise for Do
Tell: 'Like our intrepid narrator Do Tell manages to be both funny and substantive breezy and
wise. I stepped into the stream of the narrative and didn't look up until I came to the last
page' Ann Patchett author of The Dutch House 'There is little more alluring than the promise
of secrets and Do Tell is full of them--glamorous tawdry and human. Lindsay Lynch has
created a rich portrait of the lives of early Hollywood's beautiful puppets and those holding
their strings' Emma Straub author of This Time Tomorrow 'Gossip columnist Edie O'Dare has
enemies and sources but no friends in a Golden Age Hollywood whose gleam is tarnished by
exploitation cruelty and betrayal. Like a latter-day Cecil B. DeMille Lindsay Lynch deftly
directs her large cast of morally complex characters to illuminate issues of fame and notoriety
as relevant now as they were almost a century ago' Geraldine Brooks New York Times bestselling
author of Horse 'In Do Tell Lindsay Lynch takes a glance back at golden-age Hollywood and
captures the fizzy magic the secret lives and the deep destructive misogyny within the
industry's DNA. This is a wry entertaining and incisive debut' Lily King bestselling author
of Writers & Lovers 'Reveals the tawdry truth behind the glitz and glamour of Golden Age
Hollywood as gossip columnist Edie struggles to decide which secrets to keep and which secrets
to spill. Thoroughly immersive and most enjoyable!' Anita Frank author of The Lost Ones
