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# The Woman Who Married a Bear (A Cecil Younger Investigation Book 1)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    If you can't take a cruise to Alaska right now, this novel is the next best thing!
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 29, 2021*

For those who enjoy the adventure of traveling to unique environments while reading, Author John Straley skillfully offers this opportunity in his novel, 'The Woman Who Married a Bear.' How exciting to come eyeball to eyeball with a humpback whale, to witness the salmon running, to learn about some of the Tlingit traditions, and to get up close and too personal with a bear. For those who have been Alaskan tourists, there is also the fun of recognizing landmarks in Sitka, Juneau, Anchorage, etc.  where private investigator, Cecil Younger, travels. This Alaskan author bases his title and plot on a Tlingit myth and ties his mystery snugly around it. His eye for detail helps create beautiful prose, and I found myself rereading certain paragraphs because the writing was so well-done.  This is the first Cecil Younger book I have read in his well-established series. I ended up liking Cecil Younger. I was not a fan of his at first because I am not fond of story lines that feature alcoholics and the drunken exploits that befall them.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Worth the price of admission
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 6, 2017*

I don't usually care for hardboiled crime fiction written in the first person, featuring a flawed private detective, a la Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. I fell in with this book, having read the author's excellent quirky storyCold Storage, Alaska. I soon realised this was a very different novel. It wasn't just a different genre, it was written way earlier -- in the early 1990s. The start wasn't encouraging to me either. Clever authors these days know not to indulge in huge info dumps.But this novel has a lot of good points that drew me into the story.It' has an excellent mystery storyline, which kept me guessing.John Straley uses the sights, sounds and smells of Alaska to paint a vivid picture of the place.He finds the right balance to write about indigenous people with sensibility, humour and pathos.The ping and pong of many of his dialogue scenes soar -- offering a sneak preview of an author bound for better things.Now for some negative comments:I found the ending a bit lame, a bit like cheap and nasty television shows of the 1980s.It didn't answer all my questions either.You could say the first 15 per cent of the book and the last 15 per cent lost this book a star. But the middle 70 per cent was well worth the price of admission.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A mostly drunk private investigator looks into a closed case.
  

*by P***O on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2018*

There’s already a crazy guy in jail for the murder of Louis Victor.  But his mother is not satisfied and wants the whole truth.  Old Mrs. Victor hires Cecil Younger to investigate. He has to probe the family dynamics to get at the truth. There’s a lot of Indian lore involved. Louis was Indian and a cunning hunter of bears. His mother, a good storyteller, recounts a story of bears to Cecil to guide his investigation.There’s lots of local color. This is Alaska with wild landscapes and thrilling sightings of humpback wales and eagles, and towns full of howling sled dogs and roaring snow mobiles.  Ravens seem to hang around Cecil a lot, when he’s not in a bar.Cecil has a kind heart, but his alcoholism was a turn-off for me. I got tired of his drunken escapades and frequent black-outs. I found his poetic descriptions of seedy bars tedious. When he declares, “There is something ardent and romantic about getting drunk,” I could not agree. The case had the potential to be interesting, but I will not be following this series.  Yet I can see how some readers might like the poetic writing. And hard-drinking PI’s are a staple of crime fiction, so having a falling-down drunk for an investigator might not trouble most readers.

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