Author: Nevada Barr
Published: 1993, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Paperback, 218 pages
Genre: Police Procedural
Series: Anna Pigeon #1
I’m not sure what scared me more, the idea of a big cat attack or the West Texas National Park backcountry itself. Anna Pidgeon, in her new job as a law enforcement ranger in the Guadalupe Mountains, after leaving New York in the wake of her husband’s death, has the reader a bit squeamish with the open spaces and wildlife.
Now with the death of Sheila Drury, a fellow ranger, Anna begins to question both what she sees and the stories told. The markings look like a big cat could have done it, but when and where it happened does not add up.
As deaths pile up, and an attempt on Anna’s life, she knows that she is on to something, and with the phone calls to her sister (a therapist), a new friend, and superiors who are telling her to stop digging, Anna can’t help herself. There is more there, and just when she knows where all the pieces belong, she treks out to the great beyond with one final hope of saving those set up as the prize.
Anna Pidgeon is a strong character with both the conviction and determination to right wrongs. To not fear questioning herself when she knows that she might be too close or when a bigger picture must be looked at from the right angle even if it is necessary to call her sister for clarity.
Now with the death of Sheila Drury, a fellow ranger, Anna begins to question both what she sees and the stories told. The markings look like a big cat could have done it, but when and where it happened does not add up.
As deaths pile up, and an attempt on Anna’s life, she knows that she is on to something, and with the phone calls to her sister (a therapist), a new friend, and superiors who are telling her to stop digging, Anna can’t help herself. There is more there, and just when she knows where all the pieces belong, she treks out to the great beyond with one final hope of saving those set up as the prize.
Anna Pidgeon is a strong character with both the conviction and determination to right wrongs. To not fear questioning herself when she knows that she might be too close or when a bigger picture must be looked at from the right angle even if it is necessary to call her sister for clarity.
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