Reviews of John Straley's Previous Books
"A fascinating Alaskan setting, great characters, a highly unusual plot and remarkably good writing. It's a winner." --Tony Hillerman
"[An] energetic run-for-your-life adventure . . . that Mr. Straley writes with such brio." -- The New York Times Book Review
"Straley is one of the best prose stylists to emerge from the genre in a long time, and his evocation of the chilly, dangerous landscape and climate effectively sets a foreboding tone." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Absorbing and convincing . . . Straley's a real writer." --The Washington Post Book World
"By now John Straley is much watched for . . . a humdinger of a book." --The Boston Sunday Globe
"Mr. Straley's prose continues to dazzle . . . his word pictures have a hallucinatory brilliance appropriate . . . to the eerie beauty of the Alaskan landscape." --The Wall Street Journal
"What makes Straley's latest Alaskan mystery a must -- as always -- is the sheer beauty and energy of Straley's writing." -- Chicago Tribune
"Cecil Younger's creator is a gifted storyteller. Straley's evocation of coastal Alaska is as magical as the aurora borealis . . . readers will be delighted." --Booklist
"Cecil Younger is one of the most entertaining detectives since [James Lee Burke's] Dave Robicheaux." --The Sunday Advocate, Baton Rouge
"One of the strongest series since Tony
Hillerman set up shop." --Kirkus Reviews
