The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge 377 pages
Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable,
dull, trustworthy - a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior
to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she
cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She
knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family
moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist
father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when
her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered.
In
pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father's
possessions and discovers a strange tree. The tree bears fruit only when
she whispers a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, delivers a
hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her father's murder - or
it may lure the murderer directly to Faith herself.
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