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Bryan Gruley

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Bryan Gruley's seventh novel, RIVER DEEP, tells the story of Catriona Dulaney, a mother accused of drowning her twin infant sons; Devyn Payne, the attorney who winds up in the middle of Dulaney's case; and Garth Klimmek, the detective investigating the boys' death. William Kent Krueger calls RIVER DEEP "a spellbinding tale of the chaos that engulfs a small Michigan town in the wake of a terrible tragedy. A master of suspense and brilliant architect of the unexpected, Gruley has given readers a topnotch thriller, complete with hockey mania and a glimpse of the best and worst faces of humanity."

Gruley is also the author of the Starvation Lake trilogy, including his Edgar-nominated debut, STARVATION LAKE, as well as two novels set in Bleake Ha ...more

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	Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor #1) 3.62 avg rating — 6,626 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starvation Lake (Starvation Lake Mystery #1) 3.68 avg rating — 3,169 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hanging Tree 3.82 avg rating — 1,473 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Skeleton Box (Starvation Lake, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 1,069 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Purgatory Bay (Bleak Harbor, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 643 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitterfrost (A Bitterfrost Thriller, 1) 3.99 avg rating — 486 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Losses 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bryan Gruley's Starvation Lake Mystery Series 2-Book Boxed Set: Starvation Lake and The Hanging Tree 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Deep (A Bitterfrost Thriller, 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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On Ponds and Beer Tents

Life is good when you can skate into the beer tent.

The tent sits on a frozen lake ringed by snow-covered pines in the tiny town of Plaster Rock in New Brunswick, Canada. Each February, a dozen of us travel hundreds of miles there to skate in the World Pond Hockey Championship.

I’ve been playing hockey for more than forty years, since my dad taught me to skate on the outdoor rink at Rouge Park in Read more of this blog post »

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“But who can divine the workings of a single human heart? Who really knows what a person thinks and believes when he or she decides to do whatever they do?”
― Bryan Gruley, The Hanging Tree

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“But on the night I changed his life, I sat with my feet up and a beer in my hand and decided that if something could make me feel this good for even one night, and it didn't hurt anyone who didn't deserve to be hurt, maybe it was something I could actually do, something I might actually be good at, something that might actually make somebody proud of me.”
― Bryan Gruley, Starvation Lake

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“The true goal of capitalism is monopoly. That is all-total control of whatever market it is you choose to enter, so that you can do with it what you wish...”
― Bryan Gruley, The Hanging Tree

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