“A wonderful, provocative novel . . . I stepped into the stream of the narrative and didn't look up until I came to the last page.” –Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake As character actress Edie O'Dare finishes the final year of her contract with FWM Studios, the clock is ticking for her to find a new gig after an undistinguished stint in the pictures. She's long supplemented her income moonlighting for Hollywood's reigning gossip columnist, providing salacious details of parties and premieres. When a young starlet approaches her after an assault by an A-list actor at a party, Edie helps get the story into print and sets off a chain of events that will alter the trajectories of everyone involved. Edie’s second act career in gossip grants her more control on the page than she ever commanded in front of the camera. But Edie learns that publishing the secrets of those former colleagues she considers friends has repercussions. And when she finds herself in the middle of the trial of the decade, Edie is forced to make an impossible choice. Full of sharp observation and crackling wit, debut novelist Lindsay Lynch draws back the curtain on Hollywood’s golden age of movie magic. “A wonderful, provocative novel about the way time changes how we see the world. Edie O'Dare is a failed Hollywood actress who reinvents herself as a gossip columnist in order to keep a roof over her head, only to discover that this is the job she's good at. 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, New York Times bestselling author of The Dutch House "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 "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, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "Luscious . . . Lynch . . . deftly walks a line here between telling a blunt 'Me Too' story and serving up plenty of Turner Classics movie glamour. . . In her best lines, Edie also channels the wit of a Dorothy Parker" --Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air "Masterfully shaped. . . a gripping narrative set largely in the pre-war years of Hollywood. It follows the long career trajectory of its protagonist, an actress who . . . finds a second act, which includes encounters with a sweeping panoply of movie stars and wannabees." --Tom Hall, WYPR "Ambitious . . . O’Dare’s voice resembles that of a hard-boiled, wisecracking private eye: a Sam Spade sister who operates within, and reports on, cutthroat Tinseltown antics." --The Washington Post "A noir-like tale of Hollywood’s underbelly. . . If your best subject at trivia is Turner Classic Movies, if you go to conventions dressed like a starlet from Hollywood’s gilded age, Do Tell is a must-read." -- The Associated Press “ Do Tell [is] twisty, juicy, gossipy historic fiction, and a tremendously fun read. . . Lindsay Lynch gives us the kind of contradictions that make for the best sort of novel: An intimate, heart-breaking character study embedded in a crowd of engaging, chattering characters. A sparkling visit to a magical era in Hollywood and a deep dive into the dirty deceptions that made it appear so fine. A masterclass in how stories are told, then retold, and retold again, until perfect – and perfectly unrelated to anything resembling real human connection or life.” -- Southern Review of Books "Compelling" --Minneapolis Star Tribune “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, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers “This dazzling novel is a riveting exposé of the dream factory which will surprise readers at every turn. You won't be able to put it down.” --Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone "[Lynch's] twisty take on the golden age of Hollywood offers something for everybody." -- Hollywood Reporter “ Do 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