On this episode, Lauren Oliver, author of many books, comes on to talk about her new book that was just released, What Happened to Lucy Vale. We also have a great conversation about mysteries, the magic of Agatha Christie, and how even when you’re plugged-in to the book world it can be hard to decide what to read.    Get a copy of What Happened to Lucy Vale More About Lauren  Lauren’s Substack Follow Lauren on Instagram    Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King   Books Highlighted by Lauren: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez  And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie  Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne  Not Nothing by Gayle Forman  The Secret Place by Tana French  The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis  The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis  Breathing Underwater by Richard Rohr   The Wisdom Pattern by Richard Rohr     All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar  The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun  The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley  Matilda by Roald Dahl  The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame  Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head by H.C. Chester & Lauren Oliver  The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri  The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman  The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben  The Secret History by Donna Tartt  The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd  True Biz by Sara Novic  Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis