The sequel to the best selling Michigan mystery, Starvation Lake.

Bryan Gruley
Launch Tour Party & Signing

The number one IndieNext pick for August, The Hanging Tree is released Tuesday, and he's here at Brilliant Books on Thursday! An absolute must of an event for all those who enjoyed Starvation Lake and have been waiting for the sequel.

Bryan Gruley is the Chicago bureau chief of the "Wall Street Journal". An award winning journalist, Gruley shared in the Pulitzer Prize given to the "Wall Street Journal "in 2002 for coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks. A graduate of Notre Dame, Gruley was raised in Michigan and spent the beginnings of his journalism career working at newspapers in Kalamazoo and Detroit. An avid hockey player and amateur musician, he currently lives with his family in Chicago.

"The Hanging Tree is a terrific story, a dark-hearted mystery entwined in a bullet-fast thriller. Gruley is one of the good ones.”" John Sandford

" The Hanging Tree is an engrossing, sure-footed mystery that manages to be both suspenseful and deeply touching" Gillian Flynn, Edgar nominee and New York Times Bestselling Author