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Title details for Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh - Available

Safe and Sound

A Novel

by Laura McHugh
Jorjeana Marie
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Six years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of What’s Done in Darkness.
“Beautifully written, unflinchingly told, and relentlessly suspenseful.”—Heather Gudenkauf, author of The Overnight Guest
In a town no one ever leaves, there are only so many places to hide.
As kids, Amelia and Kylee were found unharmed in their upstairs bedroom the night their teenage cousin Grace, who was babysitting them, vanished from the farmhouse in Beaumont, Missouri, leaving blood all over the kitchen. Scrappy and driven, Grace, the first in their family to go to college instead of getting married and working at the meatpacking plant, had been on the verge of escaping their dead-end town. Her disappearance is a warning to any local girl who dared hope for better.
Now, as their own high school graduation looms, Amelia and Kylee dream about fleeing Beaumont, but the likelihood of that happening seems as low as that of Grace being found. When human remains are discovered in town, the sisters think they finally know who took Grace—but as they dig deeper into her past, they unearth long-buried secrets and a growing list of suspects.
Amelia and Kylee vow to find Grace, dead or alive. But as they draw closer to the truth and slip further into danger, they question how far someone would go to put a woman in her place, or to cover up a crime. The answer is worse than they could have imagined, and in the end, it won’t just be Grace they’re trying to save—they’ll have to fight for their lives.

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    April 23, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9780593823620
      • File size: 242819 KB
      • Duration: 08:25:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from February 12, 2024
      McHugh’s standout latest (after The Weight of Blood) centers on the disappearance of teenager Grace Crow, who vanished from her small hometown of Beaumont, Mo., while babysitting her cousins, Amelia and Kylee, leaving behind only a pool of blood. Six years later, Amelia is waitressing at the local Waffle House and encouraging the younger Kylee to finish high school so they can leave Beaumont and avoid the fates of their aunt, who punches a clock at the meatpacking plant, and mother, who works as a stripper. Amelia has never gotten over Grace’s disappearance, and often wonders if Alan, her seedy manager at the Waffle House (where Grace also worked), might have had something to do with it. When an unidentified young woman’s remains turn up near the county line, Amelia and Kylee ramp up their sleuthing efforts, adding Grace’s boyfriend, Levi, to their list of suspects. As they get closer to the truth, the sisters come to fear that whoever made Grace disappear won’t hesitate to do the same to them. McHugh seamlessly combines eerie mystery with gritty social realism, grounding the story’s hair-raising jolts in the emotional realities of her three-dimensional characters. Readers won’t be able to put this down. Agent: Sally Wofford-Girand, Union Literary.

    • Library Journal

      September 13, 2024

      Amelia and Kylee's favorite cousin, Grace, disappeared when she was babysitting them. The girls were asleep upstairs, oblivious to what was happening downstairs. The discovery of a chilling smear of blood in their kitchen started the saga that would haunt them for years. Six years later, Amelia and Kylee are still obsessed with Grace's disappearance and determined to discover what happened. McHugh (The Weight of Blood) offers many plausible suspects, including Grace's sleazy boss at the local waffle house, her sinister uncle with a history of unspeakable acts, and her boyfriend, who didn't want her to leave for college. Each new clue deepens the suspense until the surprise ending. McHugh paints a poignant portrait of a community underlaid with desperation, where dreams are stifled and secrets fester beneath the surface. Jorjeana Marie does an exceptional job of capturing the characters' voices and moods as they interact with each other. Her portrayal of the young women's racing thoughts and growing fears rings true. VERDICT McHugh's atmospheric latest traces the story of a teenage girl who tries to leave her suffocating small town but vanishes without a trace. The many suspects and twists and turns will keep listeners spellbound.--Ilka Gordon

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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