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What Happened to Lucy Vale

The twisty new mystery from bestselling author of BEFORE I FALL
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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,... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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From the New York Times bestselling author of BEFORE I FALL, comes a spellbinding mystery of two mother-daughter relationships separated by time but intertwined by tragedy, told through a modern day Greek chorus of the residents of their small town.

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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 . . .

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473672765

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Paperback

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 317g

Pages: 448

About the Author

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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