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Random House
July 2014
On Sale: July 3, 2014
Featuring: Lucy Dane; Carl Dane
ISBN: 0812995201
EAN: 9780812995206
Kindle: B00F8FA30E
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For fans of Gillian Flynn, Scott Smith, and Daniel Woodrell comes a gripping, suspenseful novel about two mysterious disappearances a generation apart. The town of Henbane sits deep in the Ozark Mountains. Folks there still whisper about Lucy Daneβs mother, a bewitching stranger who appeared long enough to marry Carl Dane and then vanished when Lucy was just a child. Now on the brink of adulthood, Lucy experiences another loss when her friend Cheri disappears and is then found murdered, her body placed on display for all to see. Lucyβs family has deep roots in the Ozarks, part of a community that is fiercely protective of its own. Yet despite her close ties to the land, and despite her familyβs influence, Lucyβdarkly beautiful as her mother wasβis always thought of by those around her as her motherβs daughter. When Cheri disappears, Lucy is haunted by the two lost girlsβthe mother she never knew and the friend she couldnβt saveβand sets out with the help of a local boy, Daniel, to uncover the mystery behind Cheriβs death. What Lucy discovers is a secret that pervades the secluded Missouri hills, and beyond that horrific revelation is a more personal one concerning what happened to her mother more than a decade earlier. The Weight of Blood is an urgent look at the dark side of a bucolic landscape beyond the arm of the law, where a person can easily disappear without a trace. Laura McHugh proves herself a masterly storyteller who has created a harsh and tangled terrain as alive and unforgettable as the characters who inhabit it. Her mesmerizing debut is a compelling exploration of the meaning of family: the sacrifices we make, the secrets we keep, and the lengths to which we will go to protect the ones we love.
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