The Hanging Tree
Published on 1. December 2012
314 pages
978-1-4055-2247-2 (ISBN)
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
A wonderful surprise . . . one of those books that won't shake its grip. Bryan Gruley is off to a phenomenal start! * Michael Connelly * A great debut from a major talent * Harlan Coben * The Hanging Tree is an engrossing, sure-footed mystery that manages to be both suspenseful and deeply touching * Gillian Flynn, Edgar nominee and New York Times Bestselling Author * Introduces a welcome, human voice to crime fiction readers * George Pelecanos * A terrific debut by a talented author to watch . . . the clinical dissection of a little town with big secrets. Authentic and thought-provoking * C. J. Box * The Hanging Tree is an exceptionally well-written novel by an author who has mastered the conventions of his genre * Associated Press * Absorbing . . . Gruley vividly evokes the frigid Michigan winters and the even chillier atmosphere of an insular community determined to keep its secrets * Publishers Weekly * The Hanging Tree has it all - suspense, mystery, romance * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,97 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4055-2247-2 (9781405522472)
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Person
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.
