Opioid abuse -- Fiction. |
Suspense fiction. |
Opioid addiction |
Opioid habit |
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Summary
"Calling all fans of Sharp Objects and the third season of True Detective: You need to read Laura McHugh."-- Refinery29
"A perfect thriller . . . a thoughtful commentary on America's opioid crisis and an utterly satisfying mystery."--Janelle Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL
Sadie Keller is determined to find out how her brother died, even if no one else thinks it's worth investigating. Untimely deaths are all too common in rural Blackwater, Kansas, where crime and overdoses are on the rise, and the small-town police force is consumed with the recent discovery of a child's skull in the woods. Sadie is on her own, delving into the dark corners of a life her brother kept hidden and unearthing more questions than answers.
Eighteen-year-old Henley Pettit knows more than she'd like to about the seedy side of Blackwater, and she's desperate to escape before she's irreparably entangled in her family's crimes. She dreams of disappearing and leaving her old life behind, but shedding the past is never easy, and getting out of town will be far more dangerous than she ever imagined.
As more bones are found in the woods, time is running out for Sadie to uncover the truth and for Henley to make her escape. Both women are torn between family loyalties and the weight of the secrets they carry, knowing full well that while some secrets are hard to live with, others will get you killed.
Like Laura McHugh's previous award-winning thrillers, The Weight of Blood and Arrowood, The Wolf Wants In is an atmospheric, beautifully told novel that barrels toward a twisting, chilling end and keeps us turning the page to find out how these small-town secrets will unravel--and who will survive.
Praise for The Wolf Wants In
" The Wolf Wants In perfectly balances gripping suspense with stunning, lyrical prose--a rare combination, but one that seems to be McHugh's signature gift. Atmospheric and chilling, this novel takes place in the twisted, destructive wake of the opioid crisis as one woman struggles for justice and another for redemption. A truly thrilling read." --Jill Orr, author of the Riley Ellison mysteries
Reviews (4)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this intelligent thriller set in the opioid-ravaged town of Blackwater, Kans., from McHugh (Arrowood), Sadie Keller and her sister, Becca, are desperate to know why their normally healthy brother, Shane, suddenly died. They suspect Shane's new wife, Crystle, and her relatives, the drug-dealing Pettits, are to blame. The Blackwater police have closed the case and are now preoccupied with a missing girl whose skull may have been found in the woods. Across town, 18-year-old Henley Pettit knows she will always be tainted by the "knotted threads of her family's misdeeds" if she stays in Blackwater. She worries her clandestine relationship with the scion of Blackwater's wealthiest man will further trap her. Henley desperately wants to start a new life anywhere else, away from her often-missing opioid-addicted mother and the crimes of her uncles. Elegant plotting, finely honed character studies, and lyrical prose draw the women's lives closer as Sadie and Henley deal with their own small-town ennui. This emotionally resonant tale will also appeal to literary-fiction readers. Agent: Sally Wofford-Girand, Union Literary. (Aug.)
Booklist Review
Once a quiet country suburb of Kansas City, Blackwater has fallen prey to the opioid epidemic's swell of crime and tragedy. Sadie and Becca know something is off about the death of their younger brother, Shane. At 36, he suffered a sudden, deadly heart attack, and his new wife, Chrystle, only contacted Becca by accident after Shane's body had been removed. The funeral followed quickly since Chrystle refused an autopsy, and Sadie and Becca find themselves fighting for family heirlooms before Chrystle can sell them off. Chrystle avoids them, surrounded by a phalanx of drug-ravaged friends and her criminal uncles. As Sadie and Becca search for answers, Blackwater is rocked by the disappearance of a young girl and her father. The grapevine hints that the father ran afoul of Chrystle's uncles. Only Henley, Chrystle's cousin, has the answers to both mysteries, but she's focused on leaving Blackwater in the dust. Sadie's and Henley's voices, both marked by world-weary determination, add compelling dimension to this affecting opioid thriller.--Christine Tran Copyright 2019 Booklist
Kirkus Review
In a small, dead-end Kansas community devastated by the opioid epidemic, two young women grapple with dark family secrets.It has been less than a month since Sadie Keller's 36-year-old brother, Shane, died suddenly, but Sadie can't get straight answers as to the exact cause of his death. His widow, Crystle, is evasive, claiming she came home and found Shane unresponsive. An impatient Detective Lacey Kendrick is equally unhelpful, noting that the coroner had ruled natural causes, possibly a heart attack, based on some prescriptions found at the scene. She has no time to investigate further because the recent discovery of a child's skull in the woods may be connected to Macey Calhoun, who vanished with her father the previous spring. Besides, untimely deaths are all too common in Cutler County, Kansas, thanks to the drug crisis. Sadie must now delve into her brother's private life for answers. Meanwhile, 18-year-old Henley Pettit is desperate to escape her disreputable family and limited future in Blackwater. But her addict mother has relapsed after two years of sobriety, and a housekeeping job with the wealthy Sullivans entangles Henley in a complicated relationship with spoiled only son Jason. Alternating between Sadie's first-person narration and Henley's third-person perspective, McHugh's (Arrowood, 2016, etc.) domestic thriller links the two storylines when the Calhoun case becomes a double homicide with a possible connection to Shane's death. Although terrible crimes lie at the heart of this novel, it is more sorrowful portrait of troubled families than gripping suspense; the culprits are obvious early on. Still, readers will become invested in the struggles of the well-drawn lead protagonists; the stoic and resourceful Henley will especially remind Daniel Woodrell fans of Ree Dolly, the heroine of Winter's Bone.Inspired by the still-unresolved sudden death of McHugh's brother, this third novel is atmospheric grit lit with emotional depth. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Library Journal Review
Sadie Keller and her sister, Becca, just want to find out how their older brother, Shane, died. He was known as a troublemaker, but the sisters recall how he protected them against an abusive father. Their hometown, Blackwater, KS, has been ravaged by the opioid crisis, so it's easy to blame Shane's death on pills. The sisters are sure he was not an addict, though, so Sadie begins to investigate his death. Eighteen-year-old Henley Pettit also has a life affected by addiction. Her mother disappears frequently, the Pettit family is notorious in the county for using and selling, and Henley's uncles are not saints. Henley, whose story begins earlier, wants only to escape the town. Eventually, these two story lines collide in an account of tragedy and lives wasted over drugs and money and sexual attraction. VERDICT McHugh, whose debut, The Weight of Blood, won an International Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel, delivers a disturbing story of an entire dysfunctional community affected by opioids. Fans of Julia Keller's "Bell Elkins" books will appreciate this sobering, hard-hitting mystery. [See Prepub Alert, 2/11/19.]--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN