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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
Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Native American Police Procedural Small Town & Rural Suspense United States Mining
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another good story and performance

even though it was written some time ago the issues discussed are still prevalent today as it relates to the environment and corporate malfeasance. it creates a nice picture of all the different areas of Alaska and the different characters that have lived there and their impact of the environment and the nature of the state on their lives.

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A great book of Alaskan adventure, beauty & death

John Straley is a poet & historian. His mysteries have a gripping narrative & epic portrait of underside of life across the stunning geography of modern-day Alaska. This a wonder of a story.

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David Chandler saved this story!

It started out rather boring and slow. I would have stopped listening if not for the narrator. The first book in this series was better. I hope the next will be, too.

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i have to write for audible.:(

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He sure uses a lot of words

The story line is pretty good. David Chandler could read the phone book and make it enjoyable to me. As I say how much I like Chandler I found the authors wordiness very distracting. His description of the most mundane items that have nothing to do with the story make a good story line almost unreadable or unlistenable in my case. There is no doubt if I had read this book I would have only started it, not finished it. As it was I started and stopped several times.

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Worst one

This one was mainly description and very little story. I truly do not want to hear about the characters weird sex life and how to skin a deer. Just filler for the book. Hope the rest get better.

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