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The second book in Bryan Gruley?s irresistible Starvation Lake series, The Hanging Tree is a compelling story about family and friendship, sex and violence, and the failure of love to make everything right.
Starvation Lake #2
Touchstone
August 2010
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Featuring: Gus Carpenter; Darlene Esper
336 pages
ISBN: 1416563644
EAN: 9781416563648
Kindle: B003LL2XJ6
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Mystery | Suspense
WHEN GRACIE McBRIDE, the wild girl who had left town eighteen years earlier, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shock waves through her native Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with the help of his old flame and now girlfriend, Pine County sheriff deputy Darlene Esper. As Gus and Darlene investigate, they canβt help but question if Gracieβs troubled life really ended in suicide or if the suspicious crime-scene evidence adds up to murder. >But in such a small town itβs impossible to be an impartial investigatorβGracie was Gusβs second cousin; Darleneβs best friend; and the lover of Gusβs oldest pal, Soupy Campbell. Yet with all the bad blood between Gus and Gracie over the years, Gus is easily distracted by other problems. His employer is trying to push him out, the locals are annoyed that his stories have halted construction on a new hockey rink, and Darleneβs estranged husband has returned to reclaim his wife. When Gus tries to retrace Gracieβs steps to discover what happened to her in the eighteen years she was away from Starvation Lake, heβs forced to return to Detroit, the scene of his humiliating past. And though heβs determined to find out what drove Gracie back home, Gus is unprepared for the terrible secrets he uncovers.
Starvation Lake STARVATION LAKE
#1.0
β’ March 2009
 THE HANGING TREE
#2.0
β’ August 2010
 THE SKELETON BOX
#3.0
β’ June 2012
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