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What Happened to Lucy Vale

A Novel

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Pub Date 1 Sep 2025 | Archive Date 15 Sep 2025

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Description

Twin mysteries, years apart, connect two mothers and their daughters in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver.

Who in their right mind would move into the Faraday House, with its grim history and a generation spent rotting and untended? Rachel Vale and her daughter, Lucy.

They’ve arrived unexpectedly, yet with peculiar purpose, to Woodward, Indiana, to rent the most infamous house in town. Here, sixteen years ago, Nina Faraday vanished without a trace and her mother was found hanging from an apple tree in the front yard. It was the stuff of ghoulish fascination and dark imaginings. Old rumors are stirred up all over again by an online community of teenagers now fixated on Lucy, the new girl in school…especially when Lucy’s shattering romance with the swim team star becomes another small-town obsession.

This time the kids in Woodward will be asking: What happened to Lucy Vale?

Parallel mysteries soon converge—about two teenage girls, nearly two decades apart, both consumed by the stories and suspicions of others. Only a mother can bring the truth to devastating light.

Twin mysteries, years apart, connect two mothers and their daughters in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver.

Who in their right mind would...


A Note From the Publisher

Lauren Oliver is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including the Replica duology, Vanishing Girls, the Delirium trilogy, Rooms, Before I Fall, and Panic, which was adapted into a hit series from Amazon. She is the E. B. White Read Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and the Curiosity House series, cowritten with H.C. Chester. Lauren is also the founder of the media and IP development company StoryGiants. For more information, visit www.laurenoliverbooks.com.

Lauren Oliver is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including the Replica duology, Vanishing Girls, the Delirium trilogy, Rooms, Before I Fall, and Panic, which was adapted into...


Advance Praise

Praise for What Happened to Lucy Vale

“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, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud

“Lauren Oliver’s latest novel is a sharp and harrowing mystery for the digital age, in which teens join together in anonymous virtual Greek choruses to comment and pass judgment on their peers, even as they absolve themselves from responsibility for their fates. Oliver’s unique approach to structure and her parallel storylines create an immersive and captivating reading experience as she cleverly explores the cyclical nature of abuse, the dizzying highs and lows of popularity, and the dangerous allure of groupthink. I inhaled this book like a gulp of fresh air after a long swim, but like the residents of Woodward, Indiana, I imagine it will be a long time before I stop thinking about What Happened to Lucy Vale.” —Lauren Thoman, author of You Shouldn’t Be Here and I’ll Stop the World

What Happened to Lucy Vale is a story about the stories we tell, and the damage they can do. Lauren Oliver gives voice to the worst parts of our natures, highlighting the danger of the collective in all its anonymous appeal. 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

Praise for What Happened to Lucy Vale

“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...


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ISBN 9781662529016
PRICE US$28.99 (USD)
PAGES 443

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