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The Thirteenth Tale | Diane Setterfield

As the teen services librarian, I rarely venture into the world of adult books, but when I heard about this book, I knew I had to read this.

Margaret Lea lives her life for books. Growing up in an antiquarian bookshop, she spends her life reading. As she fine tunes her tastes, she learns that she has an insatiable hunger for biographies and to bring people’s stories alive.

Given a chance opportunity, Margaret is commissioned by a famous author named Vida Winter to write her biography. Vida’s most famous work is a collection of short stories, originally set to have thirteen tales, though only twelve were published. No one has ever found the thirteenth tale.

Vida is known for being a difficult subject, often lying to those around her about her past. Despite this, Margaret is determined to get to the truth–the truth about Vida’s life, her past, and the secret behind the thirteenth tale. What Margaret finds is a deep and tangled web of family secrets, intrigue and scandal.

Run–don’t walk–to the library to get this book. Setterfield has concocted a delicious mystery that will leave people talking about it, long after they’ve finished the book.

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