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Title: Blood Lure by Nevada Barr, Joyce Bean ISBN: 1-58788-164-0 Publisher: Nova Audio Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (40 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A delightful and educational look at Glacier National Park
Comment: Anna Pigeon returns in BLOOD LURE, as she take time away from her regular park duties to assist with bear DNA studies at Glacier National Park. Right at the beginning, we, along with Anna, learn the best (or worst, depending on your point of view) recipes to lure bears. (I must admit this isn't the first time Barr has presented me with more information than I care to learn about a particular subject.) Also, the description of the bear attack on Anna's research group is chilling and enough to make me forget any ideas I'd ever had about going camping!
Barr unravels her clues carefully and fairly; the reader has ample opportunity to put everything together (along with Anna) to solve the mystery. Yet the clues weren't blatantly obvious. Barr did a terrific job with her plotting on this book, and she deserves a pat on the back. BLOOD LURE is well worth reading. Thumbs up!
Rating: 5
Summary: Read this book--a truly superb mystery!
Comment: In "Blood Lure," Nevada Barr has written one of the best mysteries I've read in a long time. I was absolutely stumped from beginning to end, but when I read the solution, everything made sense and fit together nicely. Best of all, when I look back over the story, I see that Barr provided the reader with all the necessary clues along the way. I just didn't have the brain power to figure it out myself.
Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is a fascinating character, and the "hook" of this series--each book takes place at a different national park--is absolutely unique (that's saying something when I can name not one, but TWO mystery series featuring cleaning lady sleuths, of all things). Pigeon is a loner, a woman who has to remind herself to fake softness and sympathy when required. She is completely at home hiking and camping in the great outdoors.
This book finds her faith in nature shaken, however, when she is attacked by a grizzly bear while working with researchers to gather bear DNA information in Waterton/ Glacier National Peace Park. When one of her companions goes missing after the attack, and then a camper is found murdered off a nearby trail, Anna finds her darkest suspicions aroused.
Although I would recommend this series, and this book in particular, to anyone, it is a particular treat for anyone who enjoys camping or hiking. Barr's detailed description of life within the National Park system is engrossing. These people have chosen lives that are completely at odds from everyday existence as most of us experience it. And if you don't enjoy camping or hiking, you can still enter and enjoy this foreign world without having to experience the inconvenience of mosquitos directly, not to mention the terror of a grizzly attack.
Rating: 3
Summary: Anna Pigeon is Bear-able
Comment: Anna is on assignment in Glacier National helping with grizzly bear research. A body is found which is, of course, apparently killed by one, but the facts don't quite fit and the adventure begins.
Overall I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it, but I didn't think it was nearly as well thought out as other Anna Pigeon adventures. I struggle for words to explain without giving things away, so I'll just say that it felt contrived from the beginning. It is easy for the reader to identify the details that will be significant later in the story. As such the reader will see the ending coming. I also had a hard time following the physical setting and was constantly referencing the map (thoughtfully printed inside both the front and rear covers.
I don't think this would be good for someone's first Anna Pigeon adventure. I would recommend reading one of the others such as "Track of the Cat", "Firestorm", or "Endangered Species" first.
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Title: Hunting Season by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425188787 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Deep South by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425178951 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blind Descent: An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380728265 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Endangered Species: An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380725835 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Liberty Falling: An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380728273 Publisher: Avon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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