Book Overview
Welcome to Sitka, Alaska, a land of breathtaking vistas and beautiful fauna, where locals are trying their best to be good--and to survive--in what may be the last vestige of the Wild West. When local woman Louise Root asks private detective Cecil Younger to investigate her rape at the Otter Creek gold mine, he agrees. After all, Louise is a close friend of his ex. Maybe helping her out could improve Hannah's opinion of him. But before Cecil can make progress on the case, he witnesses Alaska state troopers fishing her body out of the ocean--not exactly the resolution he had in mind. Despite the unfortunate end his last client met, Cecil finds himself inundated with requests from all sides: his old friend, Officer Doggy, wants help controlling the grieving Hannah; Cecil's autistic roommate, Todd needs help finding his Labrador retriever; and the sleazy executives of Global Mining want dirt on a local environmental activist--a request even the bungling PI finds suspicious. But Cecil also feels a responsibility to discover the truth behind Louise's death. If Louise knew a secret that got her killed, Cecil needs to discover and expose the truth before he, too, is permanently silenced.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0553568051
ISBN13:9780553568059
Release Date:June 1995
Publisher:Bantam
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Good book in great series
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Book 2 in a fascinating Alaskan detective series. Interesting characters in an Alaskan setting that rings true (I've been there recently) ...
Love John Straley!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I love all of the Cecil Younger mysteries and only wish that Straley would write more of them more quickly. The characters are so interesting and real, the setting wonderful and rich - you can tell his real life wife is an ornithologist! He gets his birds right. And he gets the people right too.
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
What an excellent story! Cecil is a great, believable character, the mystery is puzzling, and the descriptions of Alaska are evocative. Straley's writing is magical and sometimes stopped me cold. His prose is just as fine as James Lee Burke's.
Excellent reading! I live in SE Alaska and loved this book!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Very good mystery. I am impressed with John Straley's writing!! I was born and raised in SE Ak and the attention to area was very well done!! Keep the books coming!
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