When Park Ranger Anna Pigeon answers a call to historic Mt. Locust, once a producing plantation and inn on Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway, the last thing she expects to encounter is a naked and very dead man. His body bears what looks like the brutal scars from an S&M ritual gone terribly wrong. When the deceased turned out to be the brother of a candidate for the office of local sheriff, a host of cover-ups, hidden agendas, old allegiances and buried secrets begins to emerge. Follow Anna as she fights for her life in this intensely suspenseful, and exquisitely written tour-de-force of modern mystery writing.
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"Anna Pidgeon is working the Natchez Trace after spending some time in the Glacier National Park. She works a situation at Mt. Locust in the Parkway and finds herself in several strange situations. She is falling in love. She gets many middle of the night phone calls. Life gets complicated. "
— Perlinda (5 out of 5 stars)
Nevada Barr's mysteries keep getting better and better.
— --Susan Isaacs, Author" I continue to really enjoy this series. The character development of Anna is appealing and carefully drawn. "
— Dharma, 3/30/2011" I have enjoyed all of the Anna Pigeon series books I've read. It was nice to see Anna become emotionally involved with someone and the story was interesting and moved at a fairly rapid rate. "
— Adele, 1/18/2011" Very short Nevada Barr book. I didn't think it was as good as her longer books. "
— Merceda, 12/21/2010" might read more of this author...perspective of female game warden as the main character is entertaining "
— Pat, 11/16/2010" I don't think this was the best book in the series. It was atmospheric and a good read but the way the crime was solved was a bit formulaic. "
— Rita, 10/19/2010" I almost put this book down when the crime was intruced because I didn't want my 'entertainment reading' to contain such information. However I quickly learned that that was not the case and Nevada Barr did not disappoint for the suspense and adrenlin pumping last few pages. "
— Leila, 10/13/2010" Thigpen is a brilliant tribute to the slothful villain who uses his intelligence to cheat the rules by abusing his position with the least real effort on his part. He makes my skin crawl thinking about his believably deceitful nature. "
— Nicole, 9/3/2010" The Natchez Trace in Mississippi seems to be a scary place. I anticipated a number of the answers, but the final answer was one I resolved just before turning the page and having Ms. Barr TELL me. This is similar to my experience with Deep South. Recommended! <br/> "
— QuesterMark, 8/21/2010" first one of Barr's I've read in Mississippi ... enjoyed. "
— Edna, 8/16/2010" Hmmm, I was debating between 3 and 4 stars. Just to be generous I gave it 4. I loved this book until about the last 2 chapters. It fell pretty flat at the end. Disappointing for sure, but I did enjoy reading it. I may later change it to 3.... "
— Lynsie, 8/8/2010" I feel like the books are a bit repetitive and I spent most of this book frustrated that Anna hadn't figured it out yet. "
— Stacey, 7/31/2010Nevada 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.