Weight of Blood

''It is a long time since I have read a debut as impressive as Laura McHugh''s The Weight of Blood. It is a chilling portrait of a small town in the Ozarks where violent men are protected and young women vanish.'' Joan Smith, The Sunday Times

People still whisper about Lucy Dane’s mother who vanished years ago from the town of Henbane, deep in the Ozark mountains.

When one of Lucy’s friends is foun...