The Woman Who Married a Bear
The Woman Who Married a Bear
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The Woman Who Married a Bear by John Straley
High drama meets local color as a private investigator works to uncover the motive and identity of a killer in this Shamus Award-winning first Cecil Young investigation set in Sitka, Alaska. Cecil Younger, local Alaskan investigator, is neither good at his job nor at staying sober. When an old Tlingit woman hires him to discover why her son, a big game guide, was murdered, he takes the case without much conviction that he'll discover anything the police missed. He really just needs the extra cash. But after someone tries to kill him, Younger finds himself traveling across Alaska to ferret out the truth in a midst of conspiracies, politics, and Tlingit mythology. High drama meets local color as Cecil Younger works to uncover the motive and identity of the killer.
The youngest of five children, John Straley was born in Redwood City, California, in 1953. He received a BA in English from the University of Washington and, at the urging of his parents, a certificate of completion in horse shoeing. John never saw himself living in Alaska (where there are no horses left to shoe), but when his wife, Jan, a prominent whale biologist, announced she was taking a job in Sitka, the two headed north and never left. John worked for thirty years as a criminal defense investigator in Sitka, and many of the characters that fill his books were inspired by his work. Now retired, he lives with his wife in a bright green house on the beach and writes in his weather-tight office overlooking Old Sitka Rocks. The former Writer Laureate of Alaska, he is the author of ten novels.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780939149643 |
| ISBN 10 | 0939149648 |
| Title | The Woman Who Married a Bear |
| Author | John Straley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Soho Press Inc |
| Year published | 1992-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 225 |
| Prizes | Winner of Shamus Award (1st Private Eye Novel) 1993 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |