The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Its a good story, it just did not have the suspense to rate any higher, Margaret Lea is asked by Vida Winter to write his life's story. Vida is England's most famous author. Vida was abandoned at the Angelfield home, father was Charles, who was mentally incompetent, Charles sister, Isabelle had twin daughters Emmeline and Adeline, Adeline was also nuts. Vida lived amongst the twins as a ghost, Emmeline who is also mentally pretty much a child gets pregnant and has a child. Adeline becomes jealous of the baby and one night tries to burn it to death, Vida saves the baby, but kills one of the twins, you're not really ever sure who, because of the survivor is horribly burnt in the house fire. Vida takes Emmeline's baby to a neighbor to be raised ........ as I was saying ..... a good story, I found it compelling but it did not capture me.

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