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Bryan Gruley

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

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GLiBA Broadside On-line

February 5, 2012

We’re excited to announce GLiBA’s first Great Lakes, Great Reads pick – Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley, a paperback original, published by Touchstone.

BellaOnline, the Voice of Women

February 5, 2012

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.

Cleveland Plain-Dealer

February 5, 2012

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.

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

February 5, 2012

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

Booklist (starred review)

February 5, 2012

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.

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Bryan is represented by Meg Ruley of the Jane Rotrosen Agency.

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