Arrowood is the second novel by Laura McHugh; however, it is the first one that I've read. This novel is described as Gothic on its cover. And it is Gothic indeed with its setting and dark portrayal of a dysfunctional family destroyed by a dark tragedy. After her father dies, Arden Arrowood inherits the family's stately, old house in Keokuk, Iowa, that bears her family's name. At Arrowood she hopes to forge a life, make a home, and find some closure regarding a family tragedy that occurred during her childhood. But Keokuk is itself decaying as are most of its stately, old homes, and Arden herself is marked by the tragedy that destroyed her family and uprooted her from the only home she'd ever known. Arden has been haunted all her life by her twin sisters' disappearance from the family's front yard two decades ago. The last one to see them before they disappeared, she is one of two witnesses to have seen a mysterious gold car driving away from the scen...
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