Vida Winter, England's most famous and reclusive writer, is nearing the end, and before she goes she wants her amazing life story to be recorded for posterity. For this, she engages a lonely young biographer, Margaret Lea, who has a few secrets of her own. When these two forceful women meet, the stage is set for an ever-mounting series of shocking surprises.

It isn't a perfect book, but it did keep me hooked through the whole story. The main character, Margaret, was a little over the top sometimes, but overall a very enjoyable book.