The Weight of Blood is set in the
fictitious town of Henbane, Missouri deep in the Ozark Mountains. When Lucy
Dane was a baby her mother disappeared and was never seen or heard from again.
Twenty years later Lucy’s friend Cheri also disappears but then her body is
discovered in a tree. Lucy, seeing several similarities between the two crimes
decides to investigate. With the help of her friend Daniel, Lucy will uncover
long buried secrets most especially within her own family.
There were several reasons besides the
actual story why I really liked this book. Sometimes I like knowing right off
the bat who the bad guy is. And while the author didn’t come right out and tell
us who done it, she did nothing to misdirect our thoughts. Plus I would have
had a hard time believing that a 17 year old still in school, having lived all
her life in a small town, and having had very little life experience would know
how to crack a 20 year old cold case .Fortunately she didn’t have to. All
it took were a few bumbling attempts at detection to bring to light the town’s
secrets, secrets that everyone knew about but chose not to talk about. And
most mysteries end with the protagonist in a fight for his or her life just before
they get the bad guy. The Weight of Blood
was resolved with barely a whimper and I might add in a very satisfying way.
The Weight of Blood is well
written, the subject matter is intense and sometimes not easy to deal with and
the characters are real enough to relate to. Really good read!
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