Bryan Gruley | Bitterfrost

Bryan Gruley | Bitterfrost

Update: 2025-07-17
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πŸ“ Episode Summary:

In this episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate sits down with Bryan Gruley, award-winning author and former journalist, to talk about his latest suspense novel, Bitterfrost β€” set to release on April 1, 2025.

Bitterfrost follows Jimmy Baker, a former minor-league hockey player turned Zamboni driver in his small Michigan hometown, who finds himself entangled in a gripping double-murder investigation. As past violence resurfaces, Baker must confront guilt, memory, and mystery in a town frozen in more ways than one.

Bryan shares:

  • The real-life inspiration behind Bitterfrost

  • How hockey culture and crime fiction collide

  • Writing deeply atmospheric Michigan noir

  • His journey from journalism to bestselling author

  • What fans of Starvation Lake and Bleak Harbor can expect next

If you love literary thrillers, small-town secrets, and complex characters, thisΒ conversation is a must-listen.

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πŸ”— Links & Resources

Purchase Bitterfrost and all of Bryan's books at Bookshop.org:Β 

https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781448315406


πŸ‘€ About Bryan Gruley:

Bryan Gruley is the Amazon Charts bestselling and award-winning author of Bitterfrost, the Starvation Lake trilogy (Starvation Lake, The Hanging Tree, The Skeleton Box), and two novels set in the fictional Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor and Purgatory Bay).

A journalist for over 40 years, Bryan shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to The Wall Street Journal for its coverage of the September 11 attacks. A graduate of Notre Dame, avid hockey player, and amateur musician, Bryan lives in northern Michigan with his wife, Pam.


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πŸ”‘ Keywords:

Bryan Gruley, Bitterfrost, Starvation Lake, Bleak Harbor, Michigan fiction, murder mystery, hockey thriller, crime fiction, small-town mystery, journalist turned author, literary suspense, pulp noir, cold case, Zamboni mystery, thriller 2025, Amazon Charts author, Edgar finalist


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#ReadBetweenTheLines
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Bryan Gruley | Bitterfrost

Bryan Gruley | Bitterfrost

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