Nevada Barr
1) The rope
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon volume 17
Language
English
Description
The story of Anna Pigeon's past traces her 1995 relocation from New York City and first days as a Glen Canyon park ranger, a new start that is shattered by her abduction and imprisonment in the bottom of a dry well without supplies.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr's gripping standalone, a grandmother in her sixties emerges from a mental fog to find she's trapped in her worst nightmare Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators...
3) High country
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 12
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When four young seasonal park employees at Yosemite National Park mysteriously vanish without a trace, Anna Pigeon is sent in to work undercover at the park's historical Ahwahnee Hotel to uncover the truth.
4) Boar Island
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English
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"Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage daughter of her friend Heath Jarrod. Elizabeth is driven to despair by the disgusting rumors spreading online and bullying texts. Until, one day, Heath finds her daughter Elizabeth in the midst of an unsuccessful suicide attempt. And then...
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English
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After a summer fighting wildfire, park ranger Anna Pigeon is enjoying a weekend away camping in Minnesota's National Park with her girlfriends. Leah Hendricks is the genius behind a high-end sports gear manufacturer and Heath Jarrod has volunteered to test out some of the equipment. But when they encounter a band of violent kidnappers little do they realize that their ultimate challenge will be to stay alive.
Anna Pigeon, a ranger for the U.S. Park...
6) Deep South
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 8
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When park ranger Anna Pigeon stumbles on the corpse of a girl with a noose around her neck, she is plunged into a murder investigation with serious racial overtones in the heart of the Deep South.
7) Blood lure
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
While studying grizzly bears in Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park on the border of Montana and Canada, ranger Anna Pigeon finds herself in the midst of a series of deadly bear attacks that leave her struggling to re-evaluate her own view of nature.
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 7
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Formats
Description
Park ranger Anna Pigeon, in New York to visit her desperately ill sister, becomes drawn into an investigation of a series of strange murders in Statue of Liberty Park.
9) Borderline
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 15
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a guided rafting trip with her husband, Paul, in Big Bend National Park on the Texas-Mexico border, Anna Pigeon is drawn into dangerous intrigue when one of their companions on the trip discovers a pregnant woman caught among tangled branches in the river.
10) Winter study
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 14
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Visiting an isolated Lake Superior isle to study wolf behavior, ranger Anna Pigeon joins a scientific group that subsequently discovers unusual DNA evidence suggesting that a giant and dangerous wolf hybrid has been introduced by an unknown source.
11) Blind descent
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 6
Language
English
Description
Forced to cope with her claustrophobia and to use all the skills she has developed above ground, park ranger Anna Pigeon enters the dangerous Lechuguilla Cavern in New Mexico's Carlsbad Cavern National Park to attempt a rescue and learns who she can trust and who can be saved
Author
Series
Anna Pigeon mystery volume 16
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Recovering from recent emotional trauma, National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon goes to New Orleans to visit her friend, Geneva, only to become the target of a dark curse, prompting her to investigate what it has to do with a fugitive mother accused of killing her family.
13) Hard truth
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Series
Pigeon volume 13
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Assuming a new post as district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park in the wake of the disappearances of three young girls, Anna Pigeon is astonished when two of the girls emerge a month later with no memory of their experiences.
14) 13 1/2
Author
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Language
English
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Polly Deschamps's happiness upon marrying Marshall Marchand soon turns to fear as his moods darken--due, Polly believes, to the sway of Marshall's brother, Danny--and she wonders if the brothers' dark secret has anything to do with the infamous "Butcher Boy" murders of 1971.
15) A superior death
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Nevada Barr quickly attracted the attention of mystery fans when her first Anna Pigeon mystery, Track of the Cat, appeared. Now she immerses the intrepid park ranger in a perilous search that will take her far below the waters of Lake Superior. As Anna spends her days patrolling its shores, the surface of Lake Superior fills with tourists. In the depths below lie an ancient ship and the bones of its sailors. But when two tourists dive down to see...
16) Ill wind
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 3
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Separated from friends and family and haunted by personal demons, park ranger Anna Pigeon finds solace in the quiet ruins of the Anasazi civilization of Colorado's Mesa Verde. But the rugged beauty of the park and the mystery of the Anasazi are cruelly overshadowed by danger and death. Lately, visitors to Mesa Verde have been bringing home more than photos... they're also carrying a strange - and deadly - disease. In order to prevent more deaths,...
17) Firestorm
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Accomplished storyteller Nevada Barr captivates fans with her tightly-woven plots, vibrant descriptions, and believable characters. In this thrilling mystery, her resourceful sleuth, middle-aged park ranger Anna Pigeon, travels to northern California where she joins the forces battling an out-of-control forest fire. Ever since a fire began raging through Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna has been acting as medic and security officer for the spike...
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Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Tough, likable park ranger Anna Pigeon is back in another high-spirited outdoors adventure/mystery. Anna has been assigned a three-week posting on Georgia's isolated Cumberland Island. Despite the breathtaking natural setting, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she works tedious fire pre-suppression duty. Her boring routine is shattered when a sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action....
19) Track of the cat
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
From the vivid opening vista, high in craggy mountains, to the final haunting glimpse of a moonlit canyon, Nevada Barr's first mystery, Track of the Cat, instantly caught the attention of readers and reviewers. Its popularity gained it both an Agatha and an Anthony Award. The young naturalist, Anna Pigeon, has moved to the Southwest wilderness to be a park ranger. There, her days are filled with the physical demands of working in the Guadalupe Mountains...
20) Hunting season
Author
Series
Pigeon volume 10
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Working at Mt. Locust, a historic Mississippi plantation, park ranger Anna Pigeon comes upon the body of the brother of a local candidate for sheriff, and must deal with dark family secrets and political intrigue as she investigates the crime.