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Laura McHugh

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in Fort Madison, Iowa, The United States

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Laura McHugh's debut novel, The Weight of Blood, won an International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel, a Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel: Literary Suspense, and the Missouri Author Award for Fiction. It was also nominated for an Alex Award, Barry Award, and GoodReads Choice Award (Best Mystery and Best Debut). Arrowood was an international bestseller and a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover Novel, and The Wolf Wants In was one of Library Journal's Best Books of the Year. McHugh's latest novel, What's Done in Darkness, was one of Oprah Daily's Best Beach Reads of 2021, a Self Magazine Best Book of the Year, and Harlan Coben's pick for Best Summer Thriller on the Today Show.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 41,153 ratings · 5,431 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Weight of Blood 3.76 avg rating — 23,064 ratings — published 2014 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arrowood 3.76 avg rating — 8,344 ratings — published 2016 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's Done in Darkness 3.82 avg rating — 4,368 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wolf Wants In 3.64 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Safe and Sound 3.71 avg rating — 2,458 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City Baker's Guide to Country Living / Hostage Taker / Billy and Me / Arrowood (Reader's Digest Select Editions, Volume 6, 2016) by Louise Miller (Goodreads Author), Stefanie Pintoff, Giovanna Fletcher (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 113 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You grow up feeling the weight of blood, of family. There's no forsaking kin. But you can't help when kin forsakes you or when strangers come to be family.”
― Laura McHugh, The Weight of Blood

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“...my mom always telling me that a man with clean nails hides his dirt on the inside.”
― Laura McHugh, The Weight of Blood

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“I took in the thick night air, the sweet smell of honeysuckle, the chirping of frogs, to impress the moment in the folds of my memory, preserve it like a flower between pages of a book. To remember: This is how it feels to be happy.”
― Laura McHugh, The Weight of Blood

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The Taster

by V.S. Alexander

20 votes, 28.6%

Landfall

by Ellen Urbani

17 votes, 24.3%

Something in the Water

by Catherine Steadman

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Nutshell

by Ian McEwan

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The Weight of Blood

by Laura McHugh

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by Susan Holloway Scott

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The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

by Trevanian

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