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A #1 Library Reads Selection An Indie Next Pick Deep in the Ozarks, folks in Henbane 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. Haunted by the two lost girls, Lucy sets out with the help of a local boy to uncover the mystery behind Cheri's death.
About the Author
Laura McHugh is the award-winning, internationally-bestselling author of novels The Weight of Blood, Arrowood, The Wolf Wants In, and What's Done in Darkness. The Weight of Blood won the International Thriller Writers Award and the Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel and the Missouri Author Award for Fiction. Arrowood was a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel and a Sunday Times bestseller, and The Wolf Wants In was named a Best Book of the Year by Library Journal. What's Done in Darkness was recently featured on the Today Show, where author Harlan Coben called it the best thriller to read this summer. McHugh's work has also been nominated for an Alex Award, a Barry Award, a GoodReads Choice Award, and a Pushcart Prize. A lifelong Midwesterner, McHugh lives in Missouri with her family.
