Synopses & Reviews
PI Cecil Younger works out of Sitka, Alaska, a place of stark beauty and unpredictable danger, where a man paid to look for the truth can just as easily disappear and even the angels will not care.
Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this--providing surveillance for a chicken coop being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan PI. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation cruise.
Well, it's not exactly a vacation. Younger has been paid to investigate a suspicious ship's doctor aboard a luxurious first-class cruise ship. Now Younger finds himself trapped on a ship of fools with a murderer who is leaving a trail of well-to-do passengers in his wake...and leaving evidence pointing an accusing finger at Cecil! By the time the S.S. Westward makes landfall up the Alaskan coast, Younger will be wishing he was back guarding chickens...instead of sleeping with the fishes.
Synopsis
When unexplained deaths happen aboard a cruise ship, P.I. Cecil Younger leaps at the chance to investigate. But once aboard, he finds himself the perfect suspect in a brand new homicide. By the time the ship makes landfall, Cecil could be dining with the captain--or sleeping with the fishes. Written by a private investigator from Alaska.
Synopsis
For a private investigator, trouble comes with the territory. But lately the kind of trouble Cecil Younger's seen is definitely not good for business. Getting blamed for a friend's suicide has hurt both his conscience and his reputation. And things have gone to hell since then. His most thrilling case of late: surveillance of a chicken coop to see who's filching the fowls.
Enter the first-class cruise ship, the S.S. Westward, with a first-class problem: a series of unexplained deaths on-board. Cecil, tired of fowl play, leaps at the opportunity to investigate the unsavory rumors swirling around the deaths. But once aboard ship, Cecil suddenly finds himself the perfect suspect in a brand-new homicide. He is out of his depth, far from home, and thinking of only one thing -- survival. By the time the S.S. Westward makes landfall, Cecil may just wish he were back chasing chickens in Sitka instead of sleeping with the fishes....
About the Author
John Straley lives in Sitka, Alaska, with his young son and wife, a marine biologist who studies whales. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Woman Who Married a Bear, The Curious Eat Themselves, The Music of What Happens, and Death and the Language of Happiness.