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Book Reviews of The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1)

The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1)
The Woman Who Married a Bear - Cecil Younger, Bk 1
Author: John Straley
ISBN-13: 9780451404213
ISBN-10: 0451404211
Publication Date: 3/31/1994
Pages: 225
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 64 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Cecil Younger is the black sheep son of a straight-arrow family. He writes poems, drinks too much, broods about the lovely girl who left him, and works as a private investigator in the port of Sitka, Alaska. Now he is being paid handsomely to probe the ugly murder of a Native American hunting guide. It is a case that will take him from the gritty Alaskan urban lower depths to the dark heart of the northern wilderness, and from a sordid tangle of sex and greed to primitive myth and magic. It is a bitingly vivid and suspenseful journey, and he takes you with him every swift, dangerous step and leap of the way.
reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 56 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
this is a really great author. He won 1993 shamus award for best first PI novel.
reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 522 more book reviews
Award winning first book in mystery series set in alaska
galnsearch avatar reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 143 more book reviews
Interesting read.

Donna
reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 23 more book reviews
A different sort of mystery based on an Eskimo story. A realistic view into an alcoholic's view of the world. That was a little depressing, but the mystery itself was good. Kept me guessing.
reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 76 more book reviews
Good book. Quick read.
Sue-in-AZ avatar reviewed The Woman Who Married a Bear (Cecil Younger, Bk 1) on + 108 more book reviews
This was a wonderful blending of Indian folklore and modern day Alaska. An old mystery heats up when an investigator is asked to look into a two-year-old murder. With the confessed killer in jail, someone is desperate to stop any further digging into the past. Which is highly suspicious and leads to an interesting murder mystery.