The Hanging Tree is the eagerly awaited follow up to Edgar Award nominee Salvation Lake and is nominated for the Anthony Award. The Hanging Tree tells of newspaper editor Gus Carpenter's investigation into a supposed suicide. Gracie McBride has been found hanging in the Shoe Tree - a tradition which she herself started when she was a wild 18 year old. (Hanging shoes not people.) Gracie's truck is not found at the scene and her refrigerator is filled with recent purchases indicating that she had not planned on suicide, and had help arriving at the scene of her death. Gus is also investigating an expensive new hockey rink proposed for the community which seems too good to be true. Gracie drove the zamboni for old hockey rink which is now falling into disrepair as the town eagerly awaits the new rink. The two investigations dovetail. This book has it all...suspense, mystery, romance, hometown nostalgia...and, unfortunately...bad language. I do not recommend this book in audio.
Food - Audrey's is famous for her coffee and gooey cinnamon buns.
Anthony Award Nominee 2011
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