Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
3 journalers for this copy...
First in the series, this is a cozy mystery (winner of The Agatha Award for Best First Mystery).
Amazon description:
The texture, scents and sounds of the West Texas wilderness permeate this forceful debut, in which the murder of a National Park Service ranger illuminates the conflicts between those who want to place our country's open spaces and wildlife under government protection and those who want to profit from them.
Anna Pigeon has fled New York City after the accidental death of her husband, and she now works as a law enforcement ranger at Guadaloupe Mountains National Park.
There she finds the remains of fellow ranger Sheila Drury, who apparently was clawed to death by a mountain lion. Although an autopsy confirms this judgment, Anna becomes convinced that the claw marks have been faked. Her superiors discourage her from probing further, but another supposedly accidental death goads her into investigating Sheila's activities before her death -- her campaign to open up the park to the public and her relationships with a young divorcee and with a powerful rancher opposed to Park Service policies.
Anna is sure that clues reside in the thousands of snapshots the dead woman took, photos that show signs of having been rifled through.
A park ranger herself, Barr develops a complex, credible and capable heroine who believes in truth and justice while remaining conscious of the ambiguities of human existence.
Amazon description:
The texture, scents and sounds of the West Texas wilderness permeate this forceful debut, in which the murder of a National Park Service ranger illuminates the conflicts between those who want to place our country's open spaces and wildlife under government protection and those who want to profit from them.
Anna Pigeon has fled New York City after the accidental death of her husband, and she now works as a law enforcement ranger at Guadaloupe Mountains National Park.
There she finds the remains of fellow ranger Sheila Drury, who apparently was clawed to death by a mountain lion. Although an autopsy confirms this judgment, Anna becomes convinced that the claw marks have been faked. Her superiors discourage her from probing further, but another supposedly accidental death goads her into investigating Sheila's activities before her death -- her campaign to open up the park to the public and her relationships with a young divorcee and with a powerful rancher opposed to Park Service policies.
Anna is sure that clues reside in the thousands of snapshots the dead woman took, photos that show signs of having been rifled through.
A park ranger herself, Barr develops a complex, credible and capable heroine who believes in truth and justice while remaining conscious of the ambiguities of human existence.
Released 18 yrs ago (5/27/2005 UTC) at
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Mailing to missbagpuss who won in the Yankee Book Swap on relay site. Happy reading!
Mailing to missbagpuss who won in the Yankee Book Swap on relay site. Happy reading!
Journal Entry 3 by MissBagpuss from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Monday, July 11, 2005
this was a good read, although it was a little strange because the victim has the same surname as me, and i've never seen it used in any novel before. kind of odd to keep reading phrases like "ms drury died horribly" when that's your name!!
the investigator in the book was slightly too lucky for my liking at times, in the sense that evidence just seemed to fall into her lap with very little effort on occasion. nevertheless, i enjoyed the book and am now holding it on reserve for the september animal release challenge. i will probably release it in one of the national parks, as that links with the story...
the investigator in the book was slightly too lucky for my liking at times, in the sense that evidence just seemed to fall into her lap with very little effort on occasion. nevertheless, i enjoyed the book and am now holding it on reserve for the september animal release challenge. i will probably release it in one of the national parks, as that links with the story...
I picked up the book at the MGM Casino in Las Vegas. I was very pleased because I was planning on buying a book that day to read on my journey back to Tasmania. The trip took 41 hours and in that time I read the whole book! I particularly enjoyed it because we has visited places in the US close to where the book was set. It was an easy readbut very entertaining. I am going to give it to my daughter in Melbourne to read next.
CAUGHT IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA USA
CAUGHT IN LAS VEGAS NEVADA USA