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Title: Blood Lure by Nevada Barr, Barbara Rosenblat ISBN: 0-7887-4974-9 Publisher: Recorded Books Pub. Date: 29 January, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 7 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book
Comment: Blood Lure An Anna Pigeon book By: Nevada Barr G.P. Putnam Sons ISBN: 0-399-14702-0 Mystery-police
Nevada Barr's reoccurring character, National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is back on duty and quite naturally embroiled in a mystery. This book finds Anna working in the Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park on the Montana/Canadian border. She has gone there to participate in a DNA research project on Grizzly bears. Anna is teamed up with a trained researcher, Joan Rand and a young summer volunteer, Rory Van Slyke. Almost immediately reports of grizzlies doing unusual things are coming in. The second night put the researchers become the hunted, Rory is missing and another camper is dead. Anna uses her law enforcement skills to help question fellow campers, gather evidence and try to solve this rather unusual murder. Along the way the reader is treated to a wonderful hiking tour of the rugged Montana/Canadian Glacier area. The wildlife and the fauna are aptly described. Also disclosed are amazing tidbits of information about the Grizzly bear and their habits. The mystery was compelling and in no way easy to solve until the last 10 pages were turned. Nevada Barr writes wonderful books that are always well researched.
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: 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 Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Blind Descent: : An Anna Pigeon Mystery by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380728265 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Deep South by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0425178951 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Endangered Species by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380725835 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Firestorm by Nevada Barr ISBN: 0380725827 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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