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Woman Who Married a Bear

by John Straley ...

Series Book 1 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
“Highly refreshing setting, a great cast of characters and an intriguing plot.”—The Bloomsbury Review“Atmospheric.”—The New York Times Book Review“Flashes of the dark poetry of Ross MacDonald.”—Chicago Tribune“A rich stew of deception and menace.”—Anchorage Daily News“Outstanding . . . satisfies on all levels.”—The Kansas City StarSitka, Alaska, is a subarctic port surrounded by snow-dusted ... Read more

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“Highly refreshing setting, a great cast of characters and an intriguing plot.”—The Bloomsbury Review“Atmospheric.”—The New York Times Book Review“Flashes of the dark poetry of Ross MacDonald.”—Chicago Tribune“A rich stew of deception and menace.”—Anchorage Daily News“Outstanding . . . satisfies on all levels.”—The Kansas City StarSitka, Alaska, is a subarctic port surrounded by snow-dusted
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The Big Both Ways

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Series Book 1 - A Cold Storage Novel
Alaska, 1935: Slippery Wilson is on his way out of town when he runs into a woman, her neice, and a crashed car. His life is about to get a lot more complicated.It's 1935 and jobs are scarce, but Slippery Wilson walks off his job at a logging camp after a gruesome accident kills a coworker. He's headed for Seattle with all his savings; he plans to buy a piece of farmland and be his own boss.When ... Read more

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Alaska, 1935: Slippery Wilson is on his way out of town when he runs into a woman, her neice, and a crashed car. His life is about to get a lot more complicated.It's 1935 and jobs are scarce, but Slippery Wilson walks off his job at a logging camp after a gruesome accident kills a coworker. He's headed for Seattle with all his savings; he plans to buy a piece of farmland and be his own boss.When
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Big Breath In

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A retired marine biologist turned amateur sleuth has an ax to grind—and a child to save—in this new standalone mystery from the author of the acclaimed Cecil Younger series.Diagnosed with terminal cancer, retired marine biologist Delphine is on the brink of throwing in the towel. She has outlived her PI husband and worries she’s become a burden to her son and his growing family. One night, while ... Read more

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A retired marine biologist turned amateur sleuth has an ax to grind—and a child to save—in this new standalone mystery from the author of the acclaimed Cecil Younger series.Diagnosed with terminal cancer, retired marine biologist Delphine is on the brink of throwing in the towel. She has outlived her PI husband and worries she’s become a burden to her son and his growing family. One night, while
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Cold Storage, Alaska

by John Straley ...

Series Book 2 - A Cold Storage Novel
An offbeat, often hilarious crime novel set in the sleepy Alaskan town of Cold Storage from the Shamus Award winning author of the Cecil Younger series.Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you’re zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its ... Read more

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An offbeat, often hilarious crime novel set in the sleepy Alaskan town of Cold Storage from the Shamus Award winning author of the Cecil Younger series.Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you’re zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its
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Curious Eat Themselves

an Alaskan mystery

by John Straley ...

Series Book 2 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
“Strong and sobering … with his storyteller’s sense of dramatic action [Straley’s] in his glory.”—The New York Times Book Review“One of the strongest series since Hillerman set up shop.”—Kirkus ReviewsCecil Younger is an investigator for the public defender in Sitka, Alaska. A woman who hired him to investigate her rape is found dead in the estuarial waters of Ketchikan township, “her throat cut ... Read more

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“Strong and sobering … with his storyteller’s sense of dramatic action [Straley’s] in his glory.”—The New York Times Book Review“One of the strongest series since Hillerman set up shop.”—Kirkus ReviewsCecil Younger is an investigator for the public defender in Sitka, Alaska. A woman who hired him to investigate her rape is found dead in the estuarial waters of Ketchikan township, “her throat cut
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So Far and Good

by John Straley ...

Series Book 8 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
To his chagrin, Alaskan PI Cecil Younger learns his teenage daughter has launched her own detective agency. But when her first case goes awry, she’s going to need some help from an unlikely source: her father, who’s currently locked up in prison.The verdict from the three-judge panel is in. Cecil Younger, bumbling criminal defense investigator and totally embarrassing father, has been sentenced to ... Read more

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To his chagrin, Alaskan PI Cecil Younger learns his teenage daughter has launched her own detective agency. But when her first case goes awry, she’s going to need some help from an unlikely source: her father, who’s currently locked up in prison.The verdict from the three-judge panel is in. Cecil Younger, bumbling criminal defense investigator and totally embarrassing father, has been sentenced to
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The Music of What Happens

by John Straley ...

Series Book 3 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
The third mystery in the acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series features “charmingly loopy storytelling and . . . magical Alaskan scenery” (Kirkus Reviews)!Sitka P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab with a head wound, a child custody case from hell, and the clients to match . . .Confrontational and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her ... Read more

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The third mystery in the acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series features “charmingly loopy storytelling and . . . magical Alaskan scenery” (Kirkus Reviews)!Sitka P.I. Cecil Younger is fresh out of rehab with a head wound, a child custody case from hell, and the clients to match . . .Confrontational and obsessed, Priscilla DeAngelo is sure her ex is conspiring with a state senator to wrest her
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The Angels Will Not Care

by John Straley ...

Series Book 5 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
Trapped on an Alaskan cruise line, PI Cecil Younger must expose a killer—and fast—or he may just find himself sleeping with the fishes.Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: running surveillance on a chicken coop that’s being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan PI. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course.Well, it’s ... Read more

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Trapped on an Alaskan cruise line, PI Cecil Younger must expose a killer—and fast—or he may just find himself sleeping with the fishes.Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: running surveillance on a chicken coop that’s being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan PI. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course.Well, it’s
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What Is Time to a Pig?

by John Straley ...

Series Book 3 - A Cold Storage Novel
In this mind-bending crime novel by Shamus Award–winner John Straley, one man attempts to save his town from nuclear annihilation.It’s been seven years since Gloomy Knob landed in the Ted Stevens High-Security Federal Penitentiary and five years since the end of the war, the one North Korea started when they sent a missile to Cold Storage, Alaska. Serving a life sentence for the murder of his ... Read more

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In this mind-bending crime novel by Shamus Award–winner John Straley, one man attempts to save his town from nuclear annihilation.It’s been seven years since Gloomy Knob landed in the Ted Stevens High-Security Federal Penitentiary and five years since the end of the war, the one North Korea started when they sent a missile to Cold Storage, Alaska. Serving a life sentence for the murder of his
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Baby's First Felony

by John Straley ...

Series Book 7 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
Shamus Award–winner John Straley returns to his critically acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series, set in Sitka, Alaska, a land of perfect beauty and not-so-perfect locals.Criminal defense investigator Cecil Younger spends his days coaching would-be felons on how to avoid incriminating themselves. He even likes most of the rough characters who seek his services. So when Sherrie, a returning ... Read more

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Shamus Award–winner John Straley returns to his critically acclaimed Cecil Younger detective series, set in Sitka, Alaska, a land of perfect beauty and not-so-perfect locals.Criminal defense investigator Cecil Younger spends his days coaching would-be felons on how to avoid incriminating themselves. He even likes most of the rough characters who seek his services. So when Sherrie, a returning
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Blown by the Same Wind

by John Straley ...

Series Book 4 - A Cold Storage Novel
Mysterious dreams of grizzly bears, a bumbling FBI agent, and a tense hostage negotiation have the town of Cold Storage, Alaska, turned upside down.Things in the sleepy fishing town of Cold Storage, Alaska, are changing. It’s the summer of 1968; the men are wearing their hair long, the Vietnam War is at its height, and multiple assassinations have gripped the country. But some things remain the ... Read more

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Mysterious dreams of grizzly bears, a bumbling FBI agent, and a tense hostage negotiation have the town of Cold Storage, Alaska, turned upside down.Things in the sleepy fishing town of Cold Storage, Alaska, are changing. It’s the summer of 1968; the men are wearing their hair long, the Vietnam War is at its height, and multiple assassinations have gripped the country. But some things remain the
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Death and the Language of Happiness

by John Straley ...

Series Book 4 - A Cecil Younger Investigation
P.I. Cecil Younger returns for another “thoroughly enjoyable and slightly wacko” mystery as he connects the dots between a modern-day murder and an Armistice Day tragedy (Boston Globe).In the Alaskan town of Sitka, the living is tough and the crimes are aplenty—and plenty personal.When 97-year-old William Flynn is accused of killing his neighbor, Angela Ramirez, he turns to private investigator ... Read more

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P.I. Cecil Younger returns for another “thoroughly enjoyable and slightly wacko” mystery as he connects the dots between a modern-day murder and an Armistice Day tragedy (Boston Globe).In the Alaskan town of Sitka, the living is tough and the crimes are aplenty—and plenty personal.When 97-year-old William Flynn is accused of killing his neighbor, Angela Ramirez, he turns to private investigator
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