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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 Dane’s 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. Lucy’s 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 family’s influence, Lucy—darkly beautiful as her
mother was—is always thought of by those around her as her
mother’s daughter. When Cheri disappears, Lucy is haunted by
the two lost girls—the mother she never knew and the friend
she couldn’t save—and sets out with the help of a local boy,
Daniel, to uncover the mystery behind Cheri’s 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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