Lucy's friend Cheri disappears and is found murdered a year later. Lucy becomes a bit of a Nancy Drew looking for clues to this crime and feeling bad that Cheri's life was so rough and ended so early. As she is looking, she is also learning about her mother...another woman who disappeared from Henbane, a Missouri community deep in the Ozark Mountains. This is the first book by Laura McHugh (whom I met at the Missouri Library Association Conference in October) who lives in Columbia, MO. The plot explores the relationships between parents and children as well as the larger community. Lucy is motherless but her father and uncle are protective forces in her life. She is a teenager now and doesn't feel like she needs protection. But as she explores her history and the fate of Cheri she is bound to uncover some difficult truths that make her question some things she has always believed. This book has a creepy vibe and some disturbing violence but is an interesting read.
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