# Mystery Rom-Coms, Jersey Shore Murder & the Millennial Mystery Trend | Liz Lawson

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Published: 2026-06-30T10:00:00+00:00
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This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. What happens when a journalist with a nose for a story, a caterer with a glow-up, and a Jersey Shore murder collide? Enemies-to-lovers chaos — and we are here for it. In this episode, I'm chatting with Liz Lawson, author of the adult debut It Happened One Murder — a mystery rom-com packed with second-chance romance, a murder that needs solving, and all the messy feelings of your mid-20s. We talk about Liz's journey from writing emotional YA to crafting this genre-mashup mystery, why the "millennial mystery" is having such a moment, and what it really feels like to move back home in your 20s when life doesn't go according to plan. Plus, Liz shares what she's been reading lately — including a buzzy weird-girl lit pick and a memoir about rich people behaving very badly. 📚 Books Mentioned It Happened One Murder by Liz Lawson — Buy on Amazon | Mystery Rom-Com, Second-Chance Romance | Audio ✅ Famesick by Lena Dunham — Buy on Amazon | Memoir | Audio ✅ (author-narrated) Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash — Buy on Amazon | Literary Fiction / Weird Girl Lit A Killer for Christmas by Kim Harrington — Buy on Amazon | Holiday Mystery Rom-Com | (forthcoming at time of recording) The Most Wonderful Crime by Ally Carter — Buy on Amazon | Mystery Romance Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden — Buy on Amazon | Memoir | Audio ✅ (author-narrated) ⏱️ Timestamps [00:00] Welcome & introduction — Liz Lawson's adult debut It Happened One Murder [00:01] Liz's author journey — from YA to adult fiction [00:02] Writing The Agathas with Kathleen Glasgow & the pivot to mystery [00:03] Why Liz decided to write for adult readers [00:04] The YA market's identity crisis — what's changing and…

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