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Title details for The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley - Available

The Hanging Tree

Starvation Lake Series, Book 2

#2 in series

by Bryan Gruley
Rich Orlow
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Author Bryan Gruley's The Hanging Tree is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his Edgar Award-nominated debut, Starvation Lake. After an 18-year absence, Gracie McBride returns to Starvation Lake and apparently commits suicide. But newspaper editor Gus Carpenter smells a rat.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Starvation Lake Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 1, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781490669090
      • File size: 363953 KB
      • Duration: 12:38:14

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      How much you enjoy this well-made tale of small-town corruption and pigheadedness may well depend on how enthusiastic you are about ice hockey. It's always fun when a storyteller makes artful narrative use of the insider details of some subculture, and Gruley does just that with both the Peewee hockey league in Starvation Lake, Michigan, and the dedicated rivalry of the adult amateur teams. Gus Carpenter, a newspaper reporter and ardent hockey jock who no longer plays goalie (it's a plot point), becomes determined to understand the hanging death of his cousin, Grace, when he figures out just which scumbag wants him to drop it. Regardless of your level of hockey interest, you'll relish Rich Orlow's subtle vocal technique, his unflagging attention, and persuasive performance. B.G. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 28, 2010
      When the body of Gracie McBride is discovered hanging in a tree on the outskirts of Starvation Lake, Mich., journalist Gus Carpenter, Gracie's second cousin, isn't convinced it's suicide in Edgar-finalist Gruley's absorbing follow-up to Starvation Lake (2009). Even though he and Gracie had their differences—Gracie was always a wild child and left Starvation Lake 18 years earlier—Gus feels obliged to investigate her death, especially after he uncovers Gracie's ties to the plan for an expensive new hockey rink. Millionaire lawyer Laird Haskell has recently moved to town with his family, including teenage son Taylor, who looks like Starvation's most promising goalie since young Gus's days on the ice, and promises to fund a state-of-the-art facility. When Gus starts poking into Haskell's business dealings, he unearths unsavory links with Gracie's troubled life during her time away from Starvation. Gruley vividly evokes the frigid Michigan winters and the even chillier atmosphere of an insular community determined to keep its secrets.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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