What's Done in Darkness - by Laura McHugh (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"On a hot, hazy summer day, Sarabeth is forced to work her family's farmstand in Arkansas. It was only recently that Sarabeth had a normal teenage life in town, able to see her friends, starting to date--but that was before her parents found God and moved her and her siblings to a farm in the middle of nowhere. Now she has to wear long dresses even in the blistering heat, can't cut her hair, and can't spend time with anyone her age. Sarabeth has become rebellious and wayward, refusing to adapt--then she is taken. Blindfolded and chained to a basement wall, Sarabeth is held captive for weeks by a person she never sees or speaks to, and just when she thinks her life is about to be over, she wakes up along the side of a highway, where she is discovered by a passing motorist. Now an adult, she goes by Sarah, has cut ties with her family entirely, and has made a contented, if solitary life for herself as an adult in St. Louis. That is, until Detective Nick Farrow with the Missouri Highway Patrol Missing Persons calls her, wanting her help to investigate the recent disappearance of a young girl in a case which bears striking similarities to Sarah's own."--Publisher's description.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Abducted as a teenager, a woman must now confront her past and untangle the truth of what really happened to her in this dark thriller from the author of <i>The Wolf Wants In</i>. <br></b><br><b>One of 2021's Best Beach Reads--<i>OPRAH DAILY</i></b> <br><b><br>"Laura McHugh expertly delivers a harrowing tale of a world where little is what it first appears to be."--Ron Rash, bestselling author of <i>Serena</i></b> <p/>Seventeen-year-old Sarabeth has become increasingly rebellious since her parents found God and moved their family to a remote Arkansas farmstead where she's forced to wear long dresses, follow strict rules, and grow her hair down to her waist. She's all but given up on escaping the farm when a masked man appears one stifling summer morning and snatches her out of the cornfield. <p/>A week after her abduction, she's found alongside a highway in a bloodstained dress--alive--but her family treats her like she's tainted, and there's little hope of finding her captor, who kept Sarabeth blindfolded in the dark the entire time, never uttering a word. One good thing arises from the horrific ordeal: a chance to leave the Ozarks and start a new life. <p/>Five years later, Sarabeth is struggling to keep her past buried when investigator Nick Farrow calls. Convinced that her case is connected to the strikingly similar disappearance of another young girl, Farrow wants Sarabeth's help, and he'll do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means dragging her back to the last place she wants to go--the hills and hollers of home, to face her estranged family and all her deepest fears. <p/>In this riveting new novel from Laura McHugh, blood ties and buried secrets draw a young woman back into the nightmare of her past to save a missing girl, unaware of what awaits her in the darkness.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"What really sets McHugh apart, though, is that her social novels are seasoned with gothic horror. Each of them has kept me reading late into the night and left me chilled by their revelations. The mountains and hollows of Arkansas are gorgeous, but there be monsters in those hills."<b><i>--Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/>"[McHugh is] a sharp observer of the nuanced dynamics that make the Heartland tick, particularly in its shadier corners, and her female characters are rich and full of life--even when they're the victims of horrific evils."<b>--<i>Elle</i> "The Best New Books to Read in Summer 2021 (So Far)"</b> <p/>"Laura McHugh has been reinventing the rural noir to tell women's stories, and her latest is a harrowing venture into a deeply religious community hidden in the Ozarks."<b>--CrimeReads (Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2021)</b> <p/>"Laura McHugh's psychological thrillers are characterized by their deeply wrought characters, objectively harrowing situations, and their shared setting in the Midwest and Ozarks. In <i>What's Done in Darkness, </i> a woman revisits her abduction as a teenager when more information comes to light."<b>--Oprah Daily (Best Beach Reads of 2021)</b> <p/>"Laura McHugh is already on everyone's short list of crime writers to watch for, someone who just goes from strength to strength. Compulsively, propulsively readable, it never loses sight of what's really at stake for its characters--or its readers."<b>--Laura Lippman, bestselling author of <i>Lady in the Lake</i></b> <p/> "<i>What's Done in Darkness</i> is a beautifully paced story of a young woman's courage to confront, both psychologically and by novel's end literally, an evil that might again entrap her."<b>--Ron Rash, bestselling author of <i>Serena</i></b> <p/> "It's hard to find a truly original thriller these days, one that's populated with unique characters and a plot that feels fresh. But with <i>What's Done in Darkness, </i> Laura McHugh has managed a new spin on the genre. A riveting, poignant, and propulsive read."<b>--Amy Engel, bestselling author of <i>The Familiar Dark</i></b> <p/>"In her latest spine-chilling thriller, McHugh weaves a dark and delicious spell. Seamless, expressive writing, a voice like a crystal clear lake, an intimate sense of place, and storytelling that keeps the pages spinning make this a thriller that should be at the top of everyone's summer reading list."<b>--Julia Heaberlin, internationally bestselling author of <i>We Are All the Same in the Dark</i> </b> <p/> "Thoughtful, compelling, and steeped in the secrets of its backwoods setting, <i>What's Done in Darkness</i> is a cry for justice for the girls and women lost on the shadowy, ultrareligious fringes of the homeschooling movement."<b>--Amy Gentry, bestselling author of <i>Good as Gone</i> and <i>Bad Habits</i></b> <p/> "This is one heck of a spine-tingler . . . If this one isn't on your Thriller Reads Radar, it should be!"<b>--Hannah Mary McKinnon, bestselling author of <i>Sister Dear</i> and <i>You Will Remember Me</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Laura McHugh </b>is the internationally bestselling author of <i>The Weight of Blood, </i>winner of an International Thriller Writers Award and a Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for best first novel; <i>Arrowood, </i>an International Thriller Writers Award finalist for best novel; and <i>The Wolf Wants In. </i>McHugh lives in Missouri with her husband and their daughters.
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