It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna's life if threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trial to the high country, seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed - and perhaps her final adventure.
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"Nevada Barr kept me guessing again. I thought I knew who the perp was but didn't find out until the end. This Anna Pigeon novel takes place in Yosemite and Anna is sent there from Mississippi to help with an investigation of four missing persons from the park. " — Perlinda (5 out of 5 stars)
"Nevada Barr kept me guessing again. I thought I knew who the perp was but didn't find out until the end. This Anna Pigeon novel takes place in Yosemite and Anna is sent there from Mississippi to help with an investigation of four missing persons from the park. "
Nevada Barr can write rhapsodic passages about America's beautiful parks and cobble up page-turning whodunits that will keep readers guessing…"---Denver Post
" I like mysteries and enjoyed this book but sometimes I felt she overused adjectives. Sometimes descriptions were too complex and spoiled the flow of the story. "
" Grade C+. Turns gory 1/2 way through. "
" As usual, Nevada Barr kept me white-knuckled all the way through this book. Anna took quite a beating throughout this tale and I think I'm ready for her to go back to Mississippi and her wonderful husband for the next in the series. "
" Getting so that the only reason I read Barr's mysteries is to get background for visits to National Parks. "
" I enjoyed this mystery most for it's descriptions of Yosemite. Since we were there just before I started reading it, I could easily visualize the setting. "
" All I know about Yosemite is in this book. "
" Not bad. A few editorial inconsistencies. But, I would rather not know about the seedy underbelly in my National Parks! "
" Another page turner. They are easy reads, but after a certain number of these, they become formulaic. One reason I keep reading them is that the setting are places I like. This one is in Yosemite. "
" OTHSB Laura goes to claim her half of Fathers ranch. Fidn Aunt lied to herh about her parents, etc. Mac she is drawn to but miscommunication or no communication and honesty tells the tale. "
" I can see why Barr has been called the best outdoor mystery writer. Don't know how big that niche is, but she fills it with well-told tales. This was an ideal chaser to our recent trip to Yosemite. "
" We should be as tough and smart in middle age as Anna Pigeon! "
" I enjoyed it as I do all of Anna Pigeon's books "
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.
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.
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