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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
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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
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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
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An eloquently eerie tale.
— Booklist
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Poignant . . . lyrical.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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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)
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A pitch-perfect example of Southern Gothic
— The Times
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“Magical second novel from the talented McHugh.
— Daily Mail
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A lyrically haunting story . . . It’s so atmospheric you can practically hear the floorboards creek.
— Peterborough Telegraph
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Another absorbing, spine-tingling novel brimming with atmosphere.
— Daily Express
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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
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Part mystery, part drama, Arrowood offers a little of everything to readers in search of a satisfying story.
— St. Louis Dispatch
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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