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Mississippi Books and WritersFebruary 2005Note: Prices listed below reflect the publisher's suggested list price. They are subject to change without notice.
By Nevada Barr Berkley (Paperback, $7.99, ISBN: 0425199568) Publication date: February 2005 Description from Publishers Weekly : The serene snow country suddenly turns deadly for Anna Pigeon in Barrs riveting 12th novel to feature the intrepid National Park Service ranger (after 2003s Flashback). On assignment to locate four young park employees who went missing in a fierce storm, the 50ish Anna is working undercover as a waitress at Yosemites Ahwahnee Hotel, where she must deal not only with an exacting supervisor and a surly head chef but also share a dorm with 20-something roommates. Evoking the stunning beauty of the park in winter, Barr contrasts the relative safety of Yosemite Valley with the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains into which Anna treks in search of the missing kids. Danger crackles like ice on the frozen lake where she finds a partially submerged plane loaded with drugs. Attacked by vicious poachers, Anna flees into the absolute, terrifying darkness for an ordeal that will keep readers eagerly turning the pages. So well done is this nail-biting sequence that the resolution can come only as something of a letdown. Barr has a true gift for outdoor writing, using the lush snow as natural cover for the violent life in the wild as well as among the parks human custodians. Anyone contemplating a nice winter hike will think twice after entering the wilderness with Anna, but her fans always come back for more. —Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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