Starvation Lake

Name: Starvation Lake
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Bryan Gruley
ISBN: 9781449810849

Author: Bryan Gruley

Series: Starvation Lake #1

Narrator: Rich Orlow

Unabridged: 12 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/04/2010

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Suspense & Thriller, Crime

Synopsis

Bryan Gruley's debut mystery has received starred reviews from publications such as Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Disgraced reporter Gus Carpenter returns home to his small town and becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. "[Starvation Lake] deserves comparison with Dennis Lehane's Mystic River."-Booklist, starred review

About Bryan Gruley

Bryan Gruley is the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bleak Harbor and the award-winning Starvation Lake trilogy of novels. He is also a lifelong journalist who is proud to have shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the staff of the Wall Street Journal for their coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Gruley lives in Chicago with his wife, Pam. You can learn more by visiting his website at www.bryangruley.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LenaRibka

4,5 stars A very good written mystery. No wonder, this book was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America, and won the Anthony, Barry and Strand Awards. Multi layered plot, excellent 1st person POV, unexpected turns, great portrayed characters, atmospheric an......more

Goodreads review by J.C.

Excellent Debut. One of the "Must Reads" of 2009. Brief Synopsis: The small town of Starvation Lake has had better days. Due to Coach Blackburn raising up a bunch of kids from the town into a competitor for the state hockey title, Starvation Lake become a tourist attraction. Unfortunately, the team lo......more

Goodreads review by Joanna

Starvation Lake is a highly atmospheric novel, with memorable characters and a swiftly moving plot. Bryan Gruley writes so convincingly about small town life that the book, at some points, aspires to literary fiction. He also writes so well about hockey that it could be a poignant coming of age spor......more