The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2006, Unabridged, Audio Download)

NARRATED BY BIANCO AMATO & JILL TANNER Unabridged

Ms. Setterfield literally draws you into her world so completely you are fearful of leaving because you have become part of the story. This is one of the best Gothic mysteries to come out in a long time. The story centers on Vida Winter, an extraordinary writer who nobody can seem to find much about. She contacts young Margaret Lea who is asked to come to her vast Yorkshire estate, Angelfield. Margaret's task is to figure out fact from fiction in Vida's life. Vida's dark secrets and past are soon revealed in the story and it becomes clear that it shares similarities to Margaret's own life. She and Vida have pasts that come back to haunt them and only writing it out on paper is Margaret able to finally tell the true story and set herself free as well.