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What Happened to Lucy Vale: The twisty new mystery from bestselling author of BEFORE I FALL

Lauren Oliver

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'A sharp and harrowing mystery for the digital age . . . I inhaled this book like a gulp of fresh air after a long swim' LAUREN THOMAN

FROM THE NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BEFORE I FALL

When true-crime writer Rachel Vale and her daughter, Lucy, move into the abandoned Faraday House at the end of Lily Lane, they already know its tragic history . . . That's why they came. Rachel hopes that untangling the muddled case of the Faradays might help her solve another puzzle: her daughter.

But the small Midwestern town of Granger remembers the Faradays, and the residents do not take well to strangers pulling apart their mysteries. They will do whatever it takes to protect their own.

As Rachel ignores the threatening notes on the doorstep and her daughter's increasingly erratic behaviour, she unwinds a case of old money, historic rivalries and online abuse. But soon it becomes clear that she might be investigating the wrong story after all . . .

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Praise for What Happened to Lucy Vale

  • A sharp and harrowing mystery for the digital age . . . An immersive and captivating reading experience. I inhaled this book like a gulp of fresh air after a long swimA brutally funny satire with a dark mystery nestled in its core. A Lauren Oliver novel is always a page-turner, but this one is uniquely ambitious, complex and comicFormally inventive, swimming in the murky waters of the Discord server and the true crime podcast, this novel will have you thinking twice about girls who disappear. This book is absolutely not to be missed

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Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver is a screenwriter, media entrepreneur, and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, including Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem in the Delirium trilogy; Before I Fall, which was adapted into a feature film; Panic, which was adapted into an Amazon Prime series for which Lauren wrote every episode and served as executive producer; and the Replica duology. Lauren founded the IP company StoryGiants, helping to package and edit nearly one hundred other novels. She also cofounded Incantor AI, devoted to ethical treatment of IP in artificial intelligence technologies for media and entertainment. Raised in Westchester, New York, Lauren attended the University of Chicago and got her MFA from NYU. She now divides her time between Maryland and Los Angeles.

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