Laura McHugh is the author of The Weight of Blood, winner of an
International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel and a
Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel- Literary Suspense. The
Weight of Blood was named a Best Book of the Year by BookPage, the
Kansas City Star, and the Sunday Times, and was also nominated for
an Alex Award, Barry Award, and GoodReads Choice Award (Best
Mystery and Best Debut).
She lives in Missouri with her husband and children.
Superb and subtle psychological suspense, and a compelling mystery,
too . . . I thought I knew who did it, but I was wrong—four
times.
*Lee Child*
Cool, clever and infused with a compellingly chilly melancholy,
Arrowood kept me guessing and re-guessing all the way to its
inexorable conclusion.
*Ruth Ware*
A failed graduate student's return to the family mansion she
inherited from her grandfather touches off a maelstrom of emotion,
regret and memories in McHugh's poignant second novel . . . Lyrical
prose and in-depth character studies examine the reliability of
memory, punctuated by believable suspense and aided by a careful
look at a small town.
*Publishers Weekly*
McHugh’s slow exposure of an old crime is a pitch-perfect example
of a Southern gothic.
*Sunday Times*
Magical
*Daily Mail*
This robust, old-fashioned gothic mystery has everything you’re
looking for: a creepy old house, a tenant with a secret history,
and even a few ghosts. Laura McHugh’s novel sits at the
intersection of memory and history, astutely asking whether we
carry the past or it carries us.
*Jodi Picoult*
An eloquently eerie tale.
*Booklist*
A pitch-perfect example of Southern Gothic.
*The Times*
A rare talent. Tight, beautifully dark prose, peppered with
scintillating moments of light…A wonderfully crafted tale that will
satisfy readers in ways they never thought possible. Brilliant
stuff, indeed.
*Chris High*
A chilling, twisting tale of family, memory, and home . . . This
engaging and thrilling tale about a young woman’s homecoming, the
vagaries of memory, and the impact of tragedy on both a town and a
family is a terrific choice for Laura Lippman and Sue Grafton
readers.
*Library Journal*
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