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    <body><![CDATA[First time novelist Bryan Gruley (though seasoned writer--he's the Chicago Bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal) creates fascinating,multifaceted, believable characters in this book that you just KNOW you'd recognize if you walked past them on the street.  Their quirks and their mysteries draw y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48386564">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Excellent Debut. One of the &quot;Must Reads&quot; of 2009.</strong><br/><br/><em>Brief Synopsis:</em><br/>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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48999844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good first novel/mystery.  Not perfect, but pretty darn good for a first book.  The author is a journalist, and the training is happily evident as he writes well and generally moves the story along.  The locale is the town (and lake) of Starvation Lake, &quot;up north&quot; in Michigan - being a n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38213955">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First Sentence:  The cast-iron railing wobbled in his hand as he climbed the porch steps.<br/><br/>Gus Carpenter grew up in the small summer-resort town of Salvation Lake, Michigan, and was goalie for the town’s ice hockey team.  He was hoping to become a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist in Det...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52074090">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Matt N. says: It's as if Bryan Gruley has woven this mystery from the threads of our own community. With a struggling newspaper, failed real estate ventures and a marina that is about to go belly up, Starvation Lake is a Michigan town that doesn't have much to cheer about these days. Perhaps that is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80411918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this debut novel, journalist Gus Carpenter returns to his hometown in northern Michigan, having been fired from a large Detroit newspaper. Now he's working for a small daily that fills the pages with light-hearted features. That's until police find a snowmobile that belonged to the town's legenda...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80063909">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gus Carpenter grew up in Starvation, a little town in Michigan.  He eventually left town to became a reporter with the Detroit Times.  The story that almost won him the Pulitzer Prize also lost him his job and his reputation.  He returned to Starvation and the only job he could secure, as editor of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49849441">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Small towns love their sports teams as much as they love taking swipes at their local newspaper, but they also love their secrets.  A secret lies frozen at the bottom of Starvation Lake, and the ice is starting to melt away.  Dripping with atmosphere and pitch perfect dialog, Bryan Gruley capture th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39120209">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was really excited to read Starvation Lake because of its Michigan author and setting, and I wasn't disappointed. The people, atmosphere and weather of a small Northern Michigan town are well represented here, warts and all. Gruley's main character Gus was very sympathetic and lifelike because of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60964615">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When 32 yr. old journalist Gus Carpenter returns to work at his hometown paper after several years at a big newspaper in Detroit, it is a bittersweet time for him.  He is bored until parts of a snowmobile wash up on Walleye Lake and it is determined to be the lost snowmobile of the much beloved form...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48738543">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good Mystery story about young lads that played hockey with a team known as the River Rats in Starvation Lake, MI and their years following Hockey.  There coach was presumed killed while snowmobiling although they never found the body.  Gus, the main character, came back to town after a  stint with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78638130">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gruley uses brilliant imagery in developing his characters and setting his scenes. All five senses are put into play to pull his readers into the story. I felt as though I had been Gus’ childhood friend and teammate. The story sucked me in… I could only put it down in the middle of the night whe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48625182">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a slow starter, and when it did get interesting, it was ok, but didn't grip me the way I wanted. Plus I'd pretty much figured out what was going on. And I don't really like it when I'm smarter than the characters. <br/>I enjoyed the hockey scenes. That was interesting. <br/>Otherwise, I'm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50903676">more...</a>]]></body>
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