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The Curious Eat Themselves

A Cecil Younger Investigation

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The Curious Eat Themselves

By: John Straley
Narrated by: David Chandler
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When Louise Root, a new client of Cecil Younger, is found murdered, the private investigator finds himself in the middle of an environmental law violation that has deadly repercussions. Cecil finds he is unable to leave behind Root, especially after her ex-lover Hannah asks him for help.

On top of it all, Global Mining, the company that runs the gold mine where Root's body was found, hires Younger to get the dirt on an environmentalist who has a connection to the victim. In the midst of all this, Cecil's personal life is fraying as he keeps secrets from his ward, Todd, and tries to keep his drinking under control.

In the sequel to The Woman Who Married a Bear, Straley returns with his sensitive, if slightly unstable, investigator.

©1993 John Straley (P)2018 Recorded Books Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller & Suspense World Literature Fiction Native American Mining
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These John Straley novels set in Alaska are intriguingly unique, from the killer whales and the hunting and fishing lifestyle to the Tlingit characters. The main character Cecil is so flawed yet so compassionate and non-judgemental.

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