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Bryan Gruley

In small towns, you think you know people. You don't.

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quinn

LexGo.com, Lexington Herald-Leader

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Enthralling … briskly paced with in-depth character studies, The Hanging Tree surpasses even Starvation Lake.

Filed Under: Praise, The Hanging Tree

London, Ontario Free Press

February 5, 2012 By quinn

If Richard Russo, one of the grand chroniclers of the intricacies of small-town American life, decided to write crime fiction, he might produce something like Bryan Gruley’s The Hanging Tree … with portraits of complex, compelling people doing their best, and worst, to make their ways in the world in down-sinking times.

Filed Under: Praise, The Hanging Tree

Robin Agnew, Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI

February 5, 2012 By quinn

The real maturity … is Gruley’s use of emotional power – his depiction of Gracie and Gus and their relationship to the people around them, including Gus’ mother, is beautifully done. The end of the book made me cry, which for me is high praise. You won’t forget Gracie McBride anytime soon yourself.

Filed Under: Praise, The Hanging Tree

Beth Simpson, Cornerstone Books, Salem, MA

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Gruley does it again in this second Starvation Lake mystery. With his journalist’s eye for detail, he transports the readers to small town, hockey-obsessed northern Michigan, where they experience a lifestyle and come to know the inhabitants fully. The characters have even more pull this time around, and the pacing is ‘keep-you-up-too-late’ perfect!

Filed Under: Praise, The Hanging Tree

Publisher’s Weekly

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Gruley’s absorbing follow-up to Starvation Lake … vividly evokes the frigid Michigan winters and the even chillier atmosphere of an insular community determined to keep its secrets.

Filed Under: Praise, The Hanging Tree

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