Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Harlan Coben meets early Dennis Lehane in this “smashing debut thriller” (Chicago Tribune), set in a small northern Michigan town by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist.In the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake—the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation’s legendary hockey coach years earlier. But everybody knows Coach Blackbur...

The second installment in the Starvation Lake series, where secrets, betrayal, and small-town scandals unravel a shocking death.When Gracie McBride, the wild girl who had left town eighteen years earlier, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shock waves through her native Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with the help of his old flame and now girlfriend, P...

Secrets are easy to keep in a small town - especially one that has an awful lot to hide . . .Wild girl Gracie McBride fled her hometown Starvation Lake eighteen years ago. When she is found dead from an apparent suicide, shortly after her triumphant return, Gus Carpenter, editor of the local paper, is deeply suspicious. What happened in the years she was away from home? Why did she return? And why is no one else asking questions?In a small town it is imposs...

Starvation LakeIn the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake—the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation's legendary hockey coach years earlier. But everybody knows Coach Blackburn's accident happened five miles away on a different lake. As rumors buzz about mysterious underground tunnels, the evidence from the snowmobile says one thing: murder.Gus Carpenter, editor of the local news...

A lakeside town in the depths of Michigan must face its darkest secrets . . .In the dead of a Michigan winter, the small town of Starvation Lake is shaken by what washes up on the lake's edge one night: pieces of the snowmobile which disappeared into the murky depths years ago, along with the town's legendary hockey coach. But everybody knows this accident happened on another lake, five miles away. As rumours start to fly, the evidence points one way: murder.

Do you really want to know what's inside the skeleton box? Sometimes the truth is better off dead and buried.Mysterious break-ins are plaguing the small town of Starvation Lake. While elderly residents enjoy their weekly bingo night, someone is rifling through their possessions. Though nothing is ever taken, the 'Bingo Night Burglaries' leave everyone uneasy.Then a break-in escalates to murder, and Gus Carpenter, editor of the local paper, is thrown into th...

Does Gus Carpenter really want to know what’s inside the skeleton box? In Anthony– and Barry Award–winning author Bryan Gruley’s gripping new novel, Gus must decide if the truth is better off dead and buried.Mysterious break-ins are plaguing the small town of Starvation Lake. While elderly residents enjoy their weekly bingo night at St. Valentine’s Catholic Church, someone is slipping into their homes to rifle through financial and personal files. Oddly, the intrud...

Their son is gone. Deep down, they think they’re to blame.Summertime in Bleak Harbor means tourists, overpriced restaurants, and the Dragonfly Festival. One day before the much-awaited and equally chaotic celebration, Danny Peters, the youngest member of the family that founded the town five generations ago, disappears.When Danny’s mother, Carey, and stepfather, Pete, receive a photo of their brilliant, autistic, and socially withdrawn son tied to a chair, ...

Twelve years ago, her life was torn apart. Now those who wronged her will pay.Jubilee Rathman is a straight-A student and star soccer goalie destined for Princeton—until her family is brutally murdered. Twelve years later, she lives in a virtual fortress on Purgatory Bay near Bleak Harbor, plotting revenge on the people she considers responsible.In her crosshairs is former reporter Michaela “Mikey” Deming, who Jubilee believes got her family in trouble with...

The first in a gripping crime thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley. Feisty defense attorney Devyn Payne faces off against veteran detective Garth Klimmek as they work to solve a vicious double homicide in their small, icy town of Bitterfrost.Thirteen years ago, former ice hockey star Jimmy Baker quit the game after almost killing an opponent. Now, as the Zamboni driver for the amateur team in his hometown of Bitterfrost,...

Attorney Devyn Payne is left navigating thin ice as her small-town community fractures in the wake of a shocking crime in River Deep**, the second in the Bitterfrost thriller series from Edgar nominee and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Bryan Gruley.**Attorney Devyn Payne expects a quieter life when she returns to her hometown of Bitterfrost. Until the bodies of two eight-month-old boys are pulled from the icy depths of the local river. Was ...