Arrowood
Laura McHugh
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Includes reader's guide and an excerpt from The weight of blood.
Product Details
Price
$21.00
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publish Date
May 30, 2017
Pages
320
Dimensions
5.2 X 8.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780812986419
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About the Author
Laura McHugh is the author of The Weight of Blood, which won both the 2015 International Thriller Writers award and a Silver Falchion award for best first novel, and was nominated for a Barry award and an Alex award. She spent part of her childhood in the town of Keokuk, Iowa, where Arrowood is set, and now lives in Columbia, Missouri, with her husband and two young children.
Reviews
"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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Storyteller and Leaving Time "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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels "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, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 "An eloquently eerie tale."--Booklist "Poignant . . . lyrical."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"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 (starred review) "A pitch-perfect example of Southern Gothic"--The Times "Magical second novel from the talented McHugh."--Daily Mail "A lyrically haunting story . . . It's so atmospheric you can practically hear the floorboards creek."--Peterborough Telegraph "Another absorbing, spine-tingling novel brimming with atmosphere."--Daily Express "I cannot praise this book enough. It draws you in to the point you felt like someone you loved had disappeared and you're haunted by it. Laura McHugh did a brilliant job of showing us that our lives can be shaped by our memories and that those are not always as accurate as we would believe. . . . This was a great story of how we create stories to understand our past and to hide or forget the secrets we keep."--San Francisco Book Review "Part mystery, part drama, Arrowood offers a little of everything to readers in search of a satisfying story."--St. Louis Dispatch "Arrowood is a highly atmospheric read and McHugh's prose is beautifully descriptive without slowing the action. . . . This is an engrossing story that explores the aftermath of loss on those that live through it."--BookBrowse
"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 (starred review) "A pitch-perfect example of Southern Gothic"--The Times "Magical second novel from the talented McHugh."--Daily Mail "A lyrically haunting story . . . It's so atmospheric you can practically hear the floorboards creek."--Peterborough Telegraph "Another absorbing, spine-tingling novel brimming with atmosphere."--Daily Express "I cannot praise this book enough. It draws you in to the point you felt like someone you loved had disappeared and you're haunted by it. Laura McHugh did a brilliant job of showing us that our lives can be shaped by our memories and that those are not always as accurate as we would believe. . . . This was a great story of how we create stories to understand our past and to hide or forget the secrets we keep."--San Francisco Book Review "Part mystery, part drama, Arrowood offers a little of everything to readers in search of a satisfying story."--St. Louis Dispatch "Arrowood is a highly atmospheric read and McHugh's prose is beautifully descriptive without slowing the action. . . . This is an engrossing story that explores the aftermath of loss on those that live through it."--BookBrowse
