Welcome back, bookish friends! Today, author Alyson Richman joins us to talk about her latest historical novel, The Missing Pages. This interview is spoiler-free, so you can feel safe listening to it, even if you haven't had a chance to pick up the book yet. Per the novel's Goodreads profile: "Harry Widener boards the Titanic holding tight to a priceless book he just purchased in London. After mayhem strikes the ship, Harry’s last known words are that he must return to his cabin for his treasure. Neither the young man nor the book are seen again. In his honor, his mother builds the Harry Widener Memorial Library at Harvard to memorialize her son and house his extensive book collection.Decades later, Violet Hutchins, a Harvard sophomore recovering from her own great loss, is working as a page at the Widener Library. When strange things begin happening at the library—books falling off shelves or opening to random pages—Violet wonders if Harry Widener’s ghost is trying to communicate the missing pieces of his story from beyond the grave. "

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