Do Tell

had any idea who the FWM studio chief was, or even what a studio chief did. As soon as I began listing the names of actors and actresses, though, Seb understood.

We won t have to stay long? he asked.

An hour at the most, not even that, I said. I told him we had to say hello to Brodbeck and congratulate Charles and Nell on their pretend engagement. Public appearances like these were part of my contract with the studio.

I had convinced Seb to move to Hollywood on the pretense that I was a moderately successful actress who could land him a job screenwriting.

The thing is, I really was a moderately successful actress who could land him a job screenwriting. My only omission to my brother was that I had only three months left on my contract and FWM Studios didn t renew contracts for moderately successful actresses.

Anyway, you have to talk to Augustan, I said as I poured us each a glass of whiskey--mine on the rocks, his straight.

I don t know who that is.

You ll love him, I lied. He runs all the things at FWM that no one else has the time to run. I already told him you d be there. He s excited to meet you. I m certain he can get you a job.

As I began going up the stairs to change into my dress, Seb demanded that I wait a goddamn minute. Seb still had a heavy accent from our years growing up in Boston. His voice went up as he spoke to me, and for a moment I saw the young boy he had once been--the lanky awkwardness of his posture and the redness in his pale cheeks. Though we regularly wrote each other, I hadn t seen him in person for a long time. Between the two of us, I was the one who could afford to travel, and I hadn t left California since the early thir

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

"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 to power in Hollywood s Golden Age. The result is a deeply moving, immensely satisfying, blockbuster of a debut novel."
--Anthony Marra, New York Times bestselling author of Mercury Pictures Presents

"Lindsay 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 Tell." 
-- Mary Laura Philpott, bestselling author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives

"Do 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 miss."
--Kali Fajardo-Anstine, bestselling author of Woman of Light and Sabrina & Corina

"An electric novel about power and complicity in the Golden Age of Hollywood told through the eyes of Edith O Dare, a narrator as fearsome as she is fallible. In Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch masterfully uncovers a world in which gossip is currency and image is everything, laying bare the devastating consequences of secrets told and untold. Enthralling and utterly relevant."
--Jenny Tinghui Zhang, international bestselling author of Four Treasures of the Sky

"Stunning . . . Do Tell is a vivid novel of the early days of Hollywood glitz and glamour, and tells the story of one woman making her way in a world dominated by fame, power, secrets--and men."
--Shelf Awareness

"Sparkling, sharp. . . It s tempting to call Do Tell timely, but the chilling truth is that it feels timeless. . . With its insider-outsider narrator and dazzling cast of characters, Do Tell shares a kinship with The Great Gatsby."
--Chapter 16

"An intelligent story of Hollywood s Golden Age . . . the dialogue and Edie s narration are steeped in the rapid-fire rhythm of the era s films . . . Lovers of the silver screen will be drawn to this."
--Publishers Weekly

"Between the glittering descriptions of couture gowns and award shows, this scathing, retrospective #MeToo tale focuses on how people will protect famous, predatory men out of self-preservation. . . Readers looking for a novel that covers all the drama Hollywood has to offer, from its glitz to its evils, will find much to enjoy here."
--Booklist

"A clever first novel; it should be catnip to devotees of Golden Age Hollywood."
--Air Mail

"Entertaining . . . An intimate look at Hollywood's dark secrets."
--Kirkus

"Lynch offers a page-turning historical fiction as lavish as a Jay Gatsby party. Readers won t soon forget Edie O Dare, a failed Golden Age Hollywood starlet, who is one of the most striking narrators in recent memory. Lynch s language dazzles on every page."
--Debutiful