The Weight of Blood: A Novel

Pub Date: 2014-12-30 Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher: Spiegel & Grau 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 Danes 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. Lucys 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 familys influence. Lucy - darkly beautiful as her mother was -. is always thought of by those around her as her mother...

Author: Laura McHugh

Publisher: Spiegel & Grau

Year: 2015