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 been moonlighting for Hollywood's reigning gossip columnist, providing her with the salacious details of every party and premiere - so when an up-and-coming starlet hands her a letter alleging an assault from an A-list actor, Edie helps get the story into print.
Edie's second act career grants her more control on the page than she ever commanded in front of the camera, but she quickly learns that publishing the secrets of her friends and colleagues has repercussions. And when she finds herself in the middle of the trial of the decade, Edie is forced to make an impossible choice with the potential to ruin more than one life.
Debut novelist Lindsay Lynch brings the golden age of Hollywood to glittering life, from star-studded opening nights to backlot brawls, on-location Westerns to the Hollywood Canteen. Through Edie's wry observations, Lynch maps the intricate networks of power that manufacture the magic of the movies, and interrogates who actually gets to tell women's stories.
