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Do Tell: an unputdownable tale of secrets and scandal set within the Golden Age of Hollywood
Lindsay Lynch
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Failed Hollywood actress. Keeper of Hollywood's secrets.
Edie's a Hollywood actress who is falling out of favour with major studios. When an explosive letter lands in her hands, it couldn't have come at a better time.
The letter, written by a young starlet, alleges an assault by an A-list actor. Edie wastes no time sending it to print, buying herself a new career as Tinseltown's 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.
Read MorePraise for Do Tell: an unputdownable tale of secrets and scandal set within the Golden Age of Hollywood
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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 pageGossip 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 agoThere 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 stringsLindsay Lynch has written a novel so thoroughly immersive, I looked up from its pages disoriented -- confused not to find myself amid the couture gowns and hushed secrets of old Hollywood. I'll tell every reader I know: I adored Do TellLindsay Lynch has written an explosive debut novel set in the golden age of Hollywoodin a story fueled by the lost dreams of Edie O'Dare. When her acting career dries up, Edie casts herself in a role as an insider, using all she has learned to survive. In an industrywhere secrets are currency, talent is to be exploited and beauty has a shelf life, there islittle room for truth, yet Edie still believes in its value. This dazzling novel is a riveting expose of the dream factory which will surprise readers at every turn. You won't be able to put it downDo Tell is a glittering, riot of a debut filled with tantalizing gossip, lavish parties and an insider's glimpse into a bygone era of Hollywood glamour. Lindsay Lynch brings the studio system to life with these unforgettable yet deeply complicated characters whose lives are caught at the crossroads of power and truth telling. This is a novel you won't want to missIn 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 debutDo Tell is an absolute marvel: page-turning yet thought-provoking, historical in its setting yet contemporary in its concerns. With a keen eye for period detail, Lindsay Lynch explores how the power of secrets were the secret to power in Hollywood's Golden Age. The result is a deeply moving, immensely satisfying, blockbuster of a debut novel
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