Book description
Secrets are easy to keep in a small town - especially one that has an
awful lot to hide . . .
Wild girl Gracie McBride fled her hometown Starvation Lake eighteen
years ago. When she is found dead from an apparent suicide, shortly
after her triumphant return, Gus Carpenter, editor of the local paper,
is deeply suspicious. What happened in the years she was away from home?
Why did she return? And why is no one else asking questions?
In a small town it is impossible to be impartial - everyone knows
everyone - and they're all keeping quiet. To discover anything, Gus
needs to retrace Gracie's steps, forcing him to return to Detroit, the
scene of his humiliating past. But as he gets to know the real Gracie,
he realises he is completely unprepared for the secrets he stumbles upon
. . .
The second novel in Bryan Gruley's award-winning Starvation Lake
series, The Hanging Tree is utterly gripping.
Bryan Gruley is the critically acclaimed author of three novels.
Starvation Lake
was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel and The
Hanging Tree
was Kirkus Reviews' Best Mystery of 2010. Growing up, Bryan spent many
weekends at his family cottage on Big Twin Lake in Michigan - not far
from the real Starvation Lake. He is now a reporter-at-large for
Bloomberg News
, after nearly sixteen years with The Wall Street Journal
, where he shared in the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the
September 11 terrorist attacks. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Pam.
They have three grown children.
