Books written by John Straley

  • The Woman Who Married a Bear
    The Woman Who Married a Bear

    Walt looked up at Lance almost with pity. “I'm not going to lift a finger to help you.” Emma Victor stood in the doorway above Walt. She wore a red mackinaw. She had her arms folded and stared at the back of his head.

  • Cold Water Burning
    Cold Water Burning

    After years on the job as a private investigator in Sitka, Alaska, Cecil Younger doesn’t claim to have learned much about humanity as a whole, but he does know this: truth is a slippery thing.

  • What Is Time to a Pig?
    What Is Time to a Pig?

    In this mind-bending crime novel by Shamus Award–winner John Straley, one man attempts to save his town from nuclear annihilation.

  • So Far and Good
    So Far and Good

    A media and legal circus quickly ensues, and George's reunion with her birth family isn’t the heartwarming story the journalists hoped it would be.

  • Blues for the Buffalo
    Blues for the Buffalo

    Attorney Luis Montez wants to rebuild his Denver practice, but an aggressive P.I. and an emotional attachment to a young beauty named Rachel draw Luis into the mystery of the unexplained death of Rachel's writer friend. Reprint.

  • Cold Storage, Alaska
    Cold Storage, Alaska

    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.

  • The Woman Who Married a Bear
    The Woman Who Married a Bear

    "In Sitka, Alaska, a subarctic port surrounded by snow-dusted mountains, an aged Tlingit Indian woman engages local investigator Cecil Younger to look into her son's murder.

  • The Woman Who Married a Bear
    The Woman Who Married a Bear

    "First Cecil Younger investigation set in Alaska"--Cover.

  • Cold Water Burning
    Cold Water Burning

    "The sixth novel in John Straley's Alaska P.I. series takes Cecil Younger into rough waters as he grapples with his new life and past, unsolved murders.

  • The Music of What Happens
    The Music of What Happens

    This is the first time Younger has to deal with lawyers in flashy suits and overused paper shredders. When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger's custody case swiftly turns into a murder.

  • The Rising and the Rain: Poems
    The Rising and the Rain: Poems

    John Straley crafts here a collection of poems that pay homage to his home of the Pacific Northwest and southeastern Alaska. His narrative poetry is infused with sharp wit and...

  • The Angels Will Not Care
    The Angels Will Not Care

    Following a series of unexplained deaths on board a luxury cruise ship, PI Cecil Younger of Alaska is hired to investigate the ship's doctor. Suspicion is he may be offering assisted suicides.

  • The Music of What Happens
    The Music of What Happens

    This is the first time Younger has to deal with lawyers in flashy suits and overused paper shredders. When she storms off to Juneau for a showdown, Younger's custody case swiftly turns into a murder.

  • Death and the Language of Happiness
    Death and the Language of Happiness

    In the Alaskan town of Sitka, the living is tough and the crimes are aplenty . . . and plenty personal.

  • So Far and Good
    So Far and Good

    A media and legal circus quickly ensues, and George's reunion with her birth family isn’t the heartwarming story the journalists hoped it would be.

  • Death and the Language of Happiness
    Death and the Language of Happiness

    ... the Rat Dragon Day Getaway Go - Between Henry Chang ( Chinatown ) Chinatown ... Games The Marathon Conspiracy Death Ex Machina The Singer from Memphis Death on ... Catchers ' Olympics Don't Eat Me Garry Disher ( Australia ) The Dragon Man ...

  • The Angels Will Not Care
    The Angels Will Not Care

    ... the Rat Dragon Day Getaway Go - Between Henry Chang ( Chinatown ) Chinatown ... Games The Marathon Conspiracy Death Ex Machina The Singer from Memphis Death on ... Catchers ' Olympics Don't Eat Me Garry Disher ( Australia ) The Dragon Man ...