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Starvation Lake #3
Touchstone
June 2012
On Sale: June 5, 2012
Featuring: Darlene Esper; Gus Carpenter
336 pages
ISBN: 1416563660
EAN: 9781416563662
Kindle: B0061Q6B5A
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Mystery | Suspense
Does Gus Carpenter really want to know whatβs inside the skeleton box? In Anthonyβ and Barry Awardβwinning author Bryan Gruleyβs gripping new novel, Gus must decide if the truth is better off dead and buried. Mysterious break-ins are plaguing the small town of Starvation Lake. While elderly residents enjoy their weekly bingo night at St. Valentineβs Catholic Church, someone is slipping into their homes to rifle through financial and personal files. Oddly, the intruder takes nothingβyet the βBingo Night Burglariesβ leave the entire town uneasy. Worry turns into panic when a break-in escalates to murder. Suddenly, Gus Carpenter, editor of the Pine County Pilot, is forced to investigate the most difficult story of his life. Not only is the victim his ex-girlfriend Darleneβs mother, but her body was found in the home of Bea CarpenterβGusβs own mother. Suffering from worsening dementia and under the influence of sleeping pills, Bea remembers little of the break-in. With the help of Luke Whistler, a former Detroit Free Press reporter who came north looking for slower days and some old-fashioned newspaper work, Gus sets out to uncover the truth behind the murder. But when the story leads him to a lockbox his mother has kept secret for years, Gus doesnβt realize that its contents could forever change his perception of Starvation Lake, his own family, and the value of the truth.
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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