Skeleton Box

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 the most difficult story of his life. Not only is the victim his ex-girlfriend's mother, but her body was found in the home of his own mother, Bea, whose dementia is tightening its grip. When the story leads him towards a box his mother has kept secret for years, Gus has no idea that its contents could forever change his perception of Starvation Lake, his family, and the value of the truth.The Anthony and Barry Award winning third novel in Bryan Gruley's gripping Starvation Lake series.