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What Happened to Lucy Vale by Lauren Oliver

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What Happened to Lucy Vale

Author
Lauren Oliver
Narrator
Emily Lawrence, Eva Kaminsky
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publish Date
11 September 2025
Run Time
11 hours 51 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Thriller: serial killers, Speculative fiction

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What to expect

'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 . . .

Critics Review

  • 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 swim

    Lauren Thoman, acclaimed author of I’ll Stop the WoRLD

  • A 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 comic

    E. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud

  • Formally 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

    Hayley Scrivenor, internationally bestselling author of Dirt Creek

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  • PRAISE FOR BESTSELLING AUTHOR LAUREN OLIVER
  • Oliver handles her characters with an impressive lightness of touch and writes evocatively about youth... a clever, funny, insightful and utterly addictive novel

    Daily Mail

  • Beautifully written, compelling and poignant, a truly memorable read

    Closer

  • A beautifully written and outrageously weepy tale

    Daily Mirror

  • A startling piece of writing that is utterly believable and beautifully told... If you only read one book this year, it should be this one

    Bookbag

  • Tender, funny and raw

    Marie Claire

  • This book will take your breath away

    She

  • Original, compelling, and memorable. Especially recommended

    Midwest Book Review

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Details
Author
Lauren Oliver
Narrator
Emily Lawrence, Eva Kaminsky
Duration
11 hours 51 minutes
Release Date
11 September 2025
ISBN
9781473672796
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Genre
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Thriller: serial killers, Speculative fiction

Synopsis

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