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Nevada Barr's award-winning mystery series captivates fans with vividly drawn wilderness settings and the resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon. Deep South portrays Anna boldly confronting hostile teenagers, suspicious locals, and a resentful "old-boy" network as she struggles to solve a gruesome murder. Anna leaves behind her beloved Mesa Verde to take on a position as district park ranger of the Mississippi Natchez Trace Parkway. Once there she faces an angry staff that refuses to work with a woman supervisor. But she pushes that difficulty aside when she stumbles over the body of a teenage girl, shrouded in a hood reminiscent of the KKK. As Anna searches for the truth amidst lies and evasions, she discovers the overgrown woods, thick with kudzu, hold dark secrets that can only lead to violence. Nevada Barr draws on her own experience as a ranger on the Natchez Trace Parkway to create believable situations. Barbara Rosenblat transports you to the Mississippi countryside to feel the sultry heat and smell the heady scents.
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"I have a friend that brought me pictures of the Natchez Trez and of the building where some of it took place. So I had a real visual when I was reading the book. Again a good write for Barr, and she had good character development and intrigue in this one as well. "
— Carol (4 out of 5 stars)
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Barr's exquisite writing … soars, sails then catches you unawares beneath the heart and takes your breath away." Cleveland Plain Dealer "Rosenblat gives a solid, fully voiced performance … portraying the gutsy but scared ranger…"---Kliatt
Deep South Listener Reviews
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" Park Ranger, Anna Pigeon, moves to the deep south where she confronts bigotry and sexual harassment. Being from the north, she doesn't feel quite as comfortable in the south despite the beauty of the land. <br/> "
— Sister, 3/19/2011 -
" Entertaining, but probably more so because the novel is set along the Natchez Trace, which we cycled in September of last year. Didn't guess the ending though. "
— Scott, 2/28/2011 -
" Great writing. Especially character and land description. good tension. Seemed wordy in places. Mystery element OK, but felt contrived near the end. "
— Kae, 2/4/2011 -
" One of the creepiest and most disturbing evil-doers Anna has ever come upon. The kind where you want to poke someone and say "can you BELIEVE they did that?!" You forget you're reading fiction. "
— Kate, 1/15/2011 -
" Another mystery series that I just love. Each one set in a different National Park. Great female heroine! "
— Ann, 11/16/2010 -
" This book was okay. Nothing special, but kept me interested for the most part. I feel like pretty much anyone with college writing experience could've authored it. Definitely not life changing, definitely not going down in the books for literary greatness, but entertaining nontheless. "
— Jessica, 9/17/2010 -
" This is the first Nevada Barr book I read. An exciting mystery and I loved the location in the Florida Bayou. "
— Cindy, 9/5/2010 -
" I have read several of Nevada Barr's mysteries and I always enjoy their setting in different national parks. This book takes place in Mississippi and was a great page turner. "
— Ingrid, 7/18/2010 -
" Good read about the swamp lands "
— Mom, 7/9/2010 -
" Moving into management in the south with all the problems of juvenile practical jokes confused with misogynist rangers responses. "
— Nicole, 4/12/2010
About Nevada Barr
Nevada Barr was born in the
small western town of Yerington, Nevada, and raised on a mountain airport in
the Sierras. Pushed out of the nest, she fell into theatre, receiving her BA in
speech and drama and her MFA in acting before making the pilgrimage to New York
City, then Minneapolis. For eighteen years she worked on stage, in commercials
and industrial training films, and doing voiceovers for radio. During this time
she became interested in the environmental movement and began working in
National Parks across the country during the summers. Woven throughout these
seemingly disparate careers was the written word. Nevada wrote and presented
campfire stories, taught storytelling, and was a travel writer and restaurant
critic. She has won both the Agatha and Anthony awards for best first mystery.
About Barbara Rosenblat
Barbara Rosenblat, one of the most awarded narrators in the business, was selected by AudioFile magazine as one of the Golden Voices of the Twentieth Century. She has received the prestigious Audie Award multiple times and has earned more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards. She has also appeared in film, television, and theater, both in London’s West End and on Broadway.