The Lie Tree

Summary: In 1860s England, Faith Sunderly’s family makes the sudden move to the island of Vane, where her scientist father has been invited to participate in an archaeological dig, and Faith quickly learns that her father is hiding something and that their move to the island may be connected to some disgraceful dealings. When her father turns up dead, Faith is sure that a murder has occurred, and her certainty is fed by her discovery of a mysterious tree that her father had been hiding, a tree that is fed by lies and produces fruit that reveals secrets to the one who eats it. The bigger and more widely believed the lie, the more monumental the truth revealed. Faith’s discoveries leave her suspicious of everyone on the island and determined to find out the truth.