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Loading... High Country (An Anna Pigeon Novel) (edition 2005)by Nevada Barr
Work detailsHigh Country by Nevada Barr
None. I think I read this series more for the setting than anything else, which is rather odd for a mystery series. Anna Pigeon, peripatetic park ranger, can be quite annoying at times; the plots are OK; but the descriptions of America's national parks as settings for crime are wonderful. I wonder if she'll ever get to Acadia? (  ) auntieknickers | Apr 3, 2013 |  Four resident workers at Yosemite National Park go missing. After a manhunt fails to find them, investigator Anna Pigeon goes undercover as a waitress in in the park to try to uncover what happened. She finds a web of intrigue, with new threads continually popping up. She has to face some unpleasant truths about her capacity for violence. The details about the park and her one major adventure in it were pretty interesting. The writing is ok--doesn't detract much but doesn't add either. It's nice to see a mature woman in such a role, although she takes some pretty irresponsible risks. (  ) Jim53 | Jan 24, 2013 | Anna Pigeon at 50 and in Yosemite undercover. Good car listening. (  ) bookczuk | Jul 28, 2012 | The basic premise - which doesn't get revealed until halfway through the book so I won't give it here - is a really fascinating and original one, which is generally true of all of Nevada Barr's books that I've read. The outdoor descriptions are lush and vivid as always, although Yosemite in winter sounds a forbidding place, and not one I'd care to visit. I didn't find the characters to be as realistic as I've thought of Barr's other efforts, and once again I find Anna's physical abilities - even considering her constant outdoors training - to be a bit beyond the pale. Definitely a good book from a top-quality mystery writer though. (  ) benfulton | Aug 22, 2011 | Not one of Barr's best, or maybe I was tired when I read it. Yosemite is the setting this time, with Anna working undercover to discover what happened to four young park employees who had gone missing. Of course, she does find out (not a spoiler, folks!) and she finds a lot more, both legal and illegal, going on among the staff. Barr has never flinched from the bad side of human nature, but I think her books are getting more nightmarish lately. Evil is showing up more dramatically, more maniacal than in the early books. Or maybe I'm just forgetting the details of the first few. Anyway, be warned. (  ) ffortsa | Dec 22, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0425199568, Mass Market Paperback)When four young employees of Yosemite National Park disappear, ranger Anna Pigeon goes undercover as a waitress at the Ahwahnee Lodge to investigate. Living in the staff dorm, she soon discovers there's a connection between at least one of the missing girls, a crashed plane containing a fortune in drugs, and the outsiders who've moved into the tent cabin last occupied by a skilled climber who's also among the disappeared. The first attempt on her life doesn't scare her away, but the second is nearly fatal, and Anna's harrowing escape keeps the tension ratcheted up until the denouement. As usual, Nevada Barr turns in a well-paced thriller featuring a compelling protagonist and a strong cast of minor characters, but it's her brilliantly etched landscapes that bring readers back to this popular series again and again. High Country is Anna's thirteenth outing, and it's one of her strongest. --Jane Adams(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:53:09 -0500) Anna is lodged in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel when four employees disappear. Sensing evil, Anna hikes a snowy trail to the high country, only to discover a disturbing reality that may end her adventures once and for all. (summary from another edition) |
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