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Bryan Gruley

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

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Starvation Lake

BellaOnline, the Voice of Women

February 5, 2012 By quinn

A highly entertaining first novel … a haunting story of harsh reality in a small town. The well-developed characters make it easy for the reader to become embroiled in their lives.

Filed Under: Praise, Starvation Lake

Cleveland Plain-Dealer

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Debuts don’t come much more polished than this tale of corruption and redemption. Gruley gets the details right, from the goofy-endearing features of small-town journalism, to the complexities of lifelong friendship.

Filed Under: Praise, Starvation Lake

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

February 5, 2012 By quinn

His characters are genuinely flawed and, Carpenter especially, honestly likable. Gruley’s gripping plot unfolds like a piece of investigative journalism…

Filed Under: Praise, Starvation Lake

Booklist (starred review)

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Many good crime novels appear every month, but few have the depth and poignancy of Starvation Lake, which deserves comparison with Dennis Lehane’s Mystic River.

Filed Under: Praise, Starvation Lake

Publisher’s Weekly (starred review)

February 5, 2012 By quinn

Gruley’s outstanding debut effortlessly incorporates his inside knowledge of both the newspaper business and his hockey avocation into a tale of violence and betrayal that will remind many of Dennis Lehane.

Filed Under: Praise, Starvation Lake

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