New Releases by Nevada Barr

Eine Frau allein in der Wildnis – ein Kampf ums Überleben! Der Spannungs-Sammelband »Spur der Toten« von Nevada Barr jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Drei abgründige Kriminalfälle – drei Spannungs-Highlights ... In den einsamen Nationalparks Nordamerikas hofft die Rangerin Anna Pigeon, ihre düstere Vergangenheit endlich hinter sich zu lassen. Doch noch ahnt sie nicht, dass ihre schlimmsten Albträume sich genau hier bewahrheiten werden: In diesem Niemandsland gilt scheinbar kein Gesetz, keine Moral, nur der Stärkste überlebt ... Während einer ihrer Patrouillen stößt Anna auf die Leiche ihrer Kollegin, offensichtlich von Raubkatzen zerfetzt. Bald schon kommen ihr allerdings Zweifel – und je mehr Fragen Anna stellt, desto mehr beschleicht sie der Verdacht, nur ein Puzzleteil in einem grausamen Spiel auf Leben und Tod zu sein ... »Eine außergewöhnliche Erzählerin!« Los Angeles Times Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen! Der fesselnde Thriller-Sammelband »Spur der Toten« vereint die ersten drei Bände der Anna-Pigeon-Reihe von Nevada Barr: »Die Spur der Katze«, »Einer zuviel an Bord« und »Zeugen aus Stein«. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

In der unbarmherzigen Wildnis Montanas werden Jäger zu Gejagten: Der packende Kriminalroman »Blutköder« von Nevada Barr jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Glacier Nationalpark, Montana: Gemeinsam mit dem Umweltaktivisten Rory und der Biologin Joan bricht Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon in die Wildnis auf, um das Leben der Grizzly-Bären zu erforschen. Doch aus der Expedition wird schon bald ein erbitterter Überlebenskampf. Das Lager wird nachts von Bären angegriffen und am nächsten Morgen ist Rory spurlos verschwunden. Auf der Suche nach ihm machen die beiden Frauen eine grausame Entdeckung – handelt es sich bei der verstümmelten Leiche etwa um Rory? Die Verletzungen scheinen nicht von den Klauen eines Grizzlys zu stammen, sondern von einem Raubtier in Menschengestalt, das in der Wildnis auf Beutejagd ist ... Packend und rasant – der sechste Band der fesselnden Krimireihe um die Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon mit ihrem untrüglichen Gespür für die Abgründe menschlichen Handelns: »Barr kennt und liebt ihre Landschaft und schreibt darüber mit dem Einfühlungsvermögen einer wahren Naturfreundin.« The Washington Post »Nevada Barr ist eine der Allerbesten!« Boston Globe Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der Öko-Thriller »Blutköder«, Band 6 der international erfolgreichen Anna-Pigeon-Krimiserie von Nevada Barr, die Leser in die ebenso atemberaubende wie gefährliche Wildnis der Nationalparks Amerikas entführt. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Ein erbitterter Überlebenskampf in eisiger Wildnis: Der spannungsgeladene Kriminalroman »Wolfsspuren« von Nevada Barr jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Der verschneite Nationalpark Isle Royale in Michigan: Gemeinsam mit einem Forscherteam bricht die Rangerin Anna Pigeon in die Wildnis auf. Ihre Expedition soll neue Erkenntnisse in der Wolfsforschung bringen, doch schon bald stehen sie vor einem Rätsel: Riesige Pfotenabdrücke im Schnee und Spuren einer Wolfs-DNA, die nicht zur heimischen Population auf der Insel passt. Als eine Kollegin von Anna verschwindet und kurz darauf ihre zerfetzte Leiche gefunden wird, entbrennt eine wilde Hetzjagd auf die Wolfsbestie. Doch bald schon stellt Anna mit Entsetzen fest, dass die Jäger selbst zu Raubtieren geworden sind – und einer von ihnen ein mörderisches Spiel treibt ... Packend und rasant – der siebte Band der fesselnden Krimireihe um die Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon mit ihrem untrüglichen Gespür für die Abgründe menschlichen Handelns: »Barr kennt und liebt ihre Landschaft und schreibt darüber mit dem Einfühlungsvermögen einer wahren Naturfreundin.« The Washington Post »Nevada Barr ist eine der Allerbesten!« Boston Globe Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der Öko-Thriller »Wolfsspuren«, Band 7 der international erfolgreichen Anna-Pigeon-Krimiserie von Nevada Barr, die Leser in die ebenso atemberaubende wie gefährliche Wildnis der Nationalparks Amerikas entführt. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Eine uralte Felsenstadt wird zur tödlichen Falle: Der Krimi "Zeugen aus Stein" von Nevada Barr jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Mesa Verde Nationalpark, Colorado. Die Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon ist erst wenige Wochen in Mesa Verde stationiert, als der Park von mehreren mysteriösen Todesfällen erschüttert wird. Als hoch oben auf dem Felsplateau in der alten Indianerstadt der Anasazi die Leiche ihres Kollegen gefunden wird, beginnt für Anna ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Sie ist sich sicher, jemand wollte ihn zum Schweigen bringen. Auf ihrer Suche nach der grausamen Wahrheit gerät Anna zwischen alle Fronten ... Packend und rasant – der dritte Band der fesselnden Krimireihe um die Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon mit ihrem untrüglichen Gespür für die Abgründe menschlichen Handelns: "Barr kennt und liebt ihre Landschaft und schreibt darüber mit dem Einfühlungsvermögen einer wahren Naturfreundin." The Washington Post Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: "Zeugen aus Stein", Band 3 der international erfolgreichen Krimiserie von Nevada Barr, die Leser in die großartigen Nationalparks Amerikas entführt. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Die Natur ist erbarmungslos, aber das schlimmste Raubtier bleibt der Mensch! Der Krimi "Die Spur der Katze" von Nevada Barr als eBook bei dotbooks. Guadalupe Mountains, Texas. In den abgeschiedenen Gebirgszügen des Nationalparks kann die Parkhüterin Anna Pigeon endlich Abstand von ihrer schmerzlichen Vergangenheit gewinnen – bis sie auf einer ihrer Patrouillen ein Albtraum erwartet: die Leiche ihrer Kollegin, offensichtlich von Tieren zerfetzt. Aber hat hier tatsächlich die Wildnis ihr erbarmungsloses Gesicht gezeigt? Als der Todesfall ohne weitere Ermittlungen auf den Angriff eines Pumas zurückgeführt wird, kommen Anna Zweifel. Es gibt zu viele Ungereimtheiten – und zu viele Rancher, die darauf brennen, Jagd auf die "Bestien" zu machen. Anna beginnt zu ermitteln – und stößt auf eine Verschwörung, die grausamer ist, als jedes Tier es sein könnte ... Brisant und hochaktuell – der Auftakt der packenden Krimireihe um die Parkrangerin Anna Pigeon mit ihrem untrüglichen Gespür für die Abgründe menschlichen Handelns: "Barr kennt und liebt ihre Landschaft und schreibt darüber mit dem Einfühlungsvermögen einer wahren Naturfreundin." The Washington Post Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: "Die Spur der Katze", Band 1 der international erfolgreichen Krimiserie von Nevada Barr, die Leser in die großartigen Nationalparks Amerikas entführt. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Can Anna rescue her friends before it's too late? In gripping mystery Destroyer Angel, Nevada Barr transports you once again to the wild and dangerous landscapes of America's National Parks. Perfect for fans of Paul Doiron and Janet Evanovich. 'Nature's combination of awesome beauty and brutal terror are strikingly portrayed in Nevada Barr's mysteries' - Seattle Times After a summer fighting wildfire, US Park Ranger Anna Pigeon sets off on a camping trip to the Iron Range in upstate Minnesota. With her are four women: Heath, Leah and their two teenage daughters. For Heath, who is paraplegic, it is the chance to test out a new, cutting edge line of outdoor equipment, designed by Leah to make the wilderness more accessible to disabled campers. On their second night, Anna takes a canoe out on the Fox River but when she returns, she finds that a band of kidnappers, armed with rifles, pistols and knives, has taken the group hostage. With limited resources and no access to the outside world, it is up to Anna to track them across the treacherous landscape and rescue her friends before it is too late... What readers are saying about Destroyer Angel: 'This book drew me in from early on and I was gripped throughout. The characterisation was spot on' 'Wow this book I couldn't put it down!... intriguing and fast paced' 'What a ride! The suspense is "edge of your seat"'

Som ranger i USAs National Park Service er det Annas job at hjælpe til at beskytte uciviliserede og ensomme steder fra civilisationens ødelæggende hånd. Nu har pligten ført hende langt væk fra den ophøjede ro i den ørken, hun elsker så højt – og ind i et mysterium om et mord, som finder sted i Lake Superiors isnende greb. Det utilgængelige vrag af fragtbåden Kamloops har hvilet på søens bund i næsten halvfjerds år – og ligene af dens ulyksalige besætning er på uhyggelig vis blevet bevaret i Superiors iskolde vand. Men nu er der et lig mere om bord – en nylig myrdet udefrakommende, som mistænkeligt nok er iført tøj fra 1920′erne – og den efterforskende parkranger Anna Pigeon bliver draget ind i et mareridt af begærlighed og mord. og kommer dødbringende tæt på en morder.

Det siges at De Gamle stadig hjemsøger Mesa Verde. Hvileløse Anasazi-ånder, der mejslede deres hjem i bjergenes overflade for ottehundreder år siden – for så at forsvinde sporløst fra jordens overflade. Anna Pigeon, nytilkommen ranger i Colorados Mesa Verde National Park, er en kvinde med problemer. Hun er enke, hun er alkoholiker og har lige skiftet job. Hun søger fred for sine indre dæmoner i den ældgamle klippe-by fra en forsvundet oprindelig amerikansk civilisation. Men en uforklarlig sygdom der rammer gæsterne i den populære Nationalpark, et barns død og mordet på en ven, hiver hende væk fra drømmerierne. Anna må finde den meget menneskelige kilde til den onde vind der blæser iskoldt mellem ruinerne. For den truer flere uskyldiges liv, Moder Jord. og Anna selv. Pressen om Anna Pigeon-serien: “... man rives med som af en uventet flodbølge gennem et af parkens flodlejer. Kampen går mellem dem, der vil bevare naturen »ren« og dem, der har andre planer.” - Bo Bjørnvig, Weekendavisen “Anna er i høj grad et bekendtskab værd som hard core udgave af den moderne handlekraftige kvindetype, der har tilladt sig at smide et par skraldespande søde gammeldags kvindelige dyder på civilisationens losseplads for ikke-genbrugeligt affald. ...en fundamentalt spændende og overbevisende krimiroman, skrevet med knivskarpt blik for den menneskelige dårskab.” - Anne-Marie Gregersen, Berlingske Tidende “Med naturen som en enestående kulisse giver Nevada Barr , selv fhv. ranger, os nogle spændende, vedkommende og barske krimier. Hun har blik for den menneskelige svaghed og kan godt banke en krimi-intrige på plads.” - Holger Ruppert, B.T. Nevada Barr er forfatter til en lang række bøger om rangeren Anna Pigeon, flere af dem er oversat til dansk. Nevada Barr bor i Mississippi og har virket som ranger i Natchez Trace Parkway. Hun har nu helt helliget sig sit forfatterskab.

Anna finds herself in a new job ? that of District Ranger in Rocky Mountain?s National Park. Paul Davidson, her long-time love, is a thousand miles away. Dropped into the middle of a mystery that has had the park in a state of turmoil for six weeks, she at first thinks it?s solved itself ? until the voices start ? voices without bodies ... until the small slayings turn into bigger, and even the most obtuse administrator must realize something is desperately wrong in the mountains.

Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves... 13 1⁄2 is a taut and terrifying stand-alone psychological thriller from acclaimed author Nevada Barr. Perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Janet Evanovich. 'Stunning... Spellbinding psychological suspense with twists you won't see coming... An amazing, virtuoso piece of writing' - Lee Child Polly Deschamps suspects there might be a connection between her beau and a series of decades-old murders. Two broken pasts collide in an uncertain present carrying the reader from the horrifying 1970s murder spree of a child - dubbed 'Butcher Boy' by a shocked public - in Rochester, Minnesota, to Polly, the abused daughter of Mississippi 'trailer trash', to post-Katrina New Orleans. What readers are saying about 131⁄2: 'Barr's book captivated me. The style had me hooked right up to the end' 'Nevada Barr has taken it to the next level' 'Dark and wonderful - I couldn't put it down'

An escape from the past becomes a nightmare of the present... Borderline is the captivating fifteenth thriller in Nevada Barr's acclaimed crime series featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Sue Grafton. 'First-rate... Barr outshines most other authors in the mystery genre' - Publishers Weekly Drained and haunted by the killings on Isle Royale, diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and on administrative leave by order of her superintendent, the one bright spot in Anna's life is Paul, her husband of less than a year. Hoping the warmth and the adventure of a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Paul takes Anna to southwest Texas, where the sun is hot and the Rio Grande is running high. The sheer beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert and the power of the river work their magic - until the raft is lost in the rapids and a young college student makes a grisly discovery. Hair and arms tangled in the downed branches of a strainer between two boulders, more dead than alive, is a pregnant woman. Nature, it turns out, isn't the only one who wants to see the woman and her baby dead. Instead of the soul-soothing experience Paul planned for her, Anna and her husband are sucked into a labyrinth of intrigue that leads from the Mexican desert to the steps of the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. What readers are saying about Borderline: 'I found Borderline non-stop exciting and also rather touching' 'Riveting... Couldn't put down this excellent instalment in the Anna Pigeon [series]' 'A suspenseful page-turner, keeping you guessing to the end. Rich characters you could really relate to, and the ending was perfect'

Ranger i National Park Service, Anna Pigeon, tvinges med på en redningsaktion ned i det altfortærende hulesystem, Lachuguilla, dybt under New Mexicos ørken. Hendes ven og kollega, Frieda Dierkz, der under en kortlægningsekspedition i hulen har været udsat for en ulykke, har brug for Annas hjælp. Anna må overvinde sin angst og begive sig to hundrede meter ned i den uoverskuelige og klaustrofobiske labyrint. Det bliver en rejse ned i et altomsluttende mørke og et møde med en både smuk og skræmmende verden. En verden, der rummer navne som Razor Blade Run, Tinker’s Hell og Wormhole. Da hun endelig når frem til sin veninde, er det blot for at høre hende sige "Det var ikke en ulykke ..." "... man rives med som af en uventet flodbølge gennem et af parkens flodlejer. Kampen går mellem dem, der vil bevare naturen »ren« og dem, der har andre planer." - Bo Bjørnvig, Weekendavisen "Anna er i høj grad et bekendtskab værd som hard core udgave af den moderne handlekraftige kvindetype, der har tilladt sig at smide et par skraldespande søde gammeldags kvindelige dyder på civilisationens losseplads for ikke-genbrugeligt affald. ...en fundamentalt spændende og overbevisende krimiroman, skrevet med knivskarpt blik for den menneskelige dårskab." - Anne-Marie Gregersen, Berlingske Tidende "Med naturen som en enestående kulisse giver Nevada Barr , selv fhv. ranger, os nogle spændende, vedkommende og barske krimier. Hun har blik for den menneskelige svaghed og kan godt banke en krimi-intrige på plads." - Holger Ruppert, B.T. Nevada Barr (f.1952) er forfatter til en lang række bøger om rangeren Anna Pigeon, flere af dem er oversat til dansk. Nevada Barr bor i Mississippi og har virket som ranger i Natchez Trace Parkway. Hun har nu helt helliget sig sit forfatterskab. Hun har vundet en række priser for sit forfatterskab og er desuden New York Times-bestseller.

It?s fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park?s historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own ? or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna?s life is threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trail to the high country, seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed ? and perhaps her final adventure

There is peril beneath the watchful eyes of the Lady... Anna Pigeon leaves the wilderness behind for the bustle of New York City in Liberty Falling, the gripping mystery from bestselling author Nevada Barr. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Paul Doiron. 'Her best book yet... Plenty of action and suspense... Liberty Falling offers something for mystery fans of every stripe' - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel When Anna Pigeon left New York City after her husband was killed, she hoped it would be forever. But now her sister Molly is clinging to life in an uptown hospital ICU, so Anna has reluctantly returned. Rooming with a friend and fellow park ranger in close quarters on Liberty Island - the small strip of land that is home to Lady Liberty - Anna spends her free time exploring the grand monument and the crumbling, overgrown, and eerie ruins in the unrestored sections of nearby Ellis Island. But the peace she seeks here is shattered when she finds herself among a crowd gathered at the Lady's base, staring at the broken body of a teenager who fell - or was pushed - to her death. The reason behind the young girl's fatal plunge is not the only mystery alive on these historic sites - nor will hers be the only death. Hidden in a dangerous labyrinth of stone, glass, and steel are secrets Anna Pigeon is now compelled to uncover... and an insidious threat to herself and to others that could wreak havoc on a nation's proudest day. What readers are saying about Liberty Falling: 'Nevada Barr delivers a very puzzling murder mystery that will leave you guessing up to the very end' 'The writing is exquisite, observations unique, the protagonist one of the most interesting and real around' 'Any Anna Pigeon novel is a treat, but Liberty Falling is a special delight in a top series'

Anna Pigeon uncovers shady dealings, possible sabotage and murder... On a remote island, Anna Pigeon faces more than just isolation in Endangered Species, the gripping crime novel from Nevada Barr. Perfect for fans of Sue Grafton and Paul Doiron. 'Nevada Barr's mysteries keep getting better and better' - Susan Isaacs In the midst of a dangerously dry season, national park ranger Anna Pigeon has been posted to Cumberland Island off the Georgia coast for a monotonous, twenty-one-day fire watch. But her boredom is short-lived, for this remote and marshy place is a breeding ground to more than just the imperilled Loggerhead turtle; it also spawns eccentricity and secrets, greed, suspicion... and murder. A small plane crashes into the palmetto thickets nearby. Anna and her crew arrive in time to control the blaze, but too late to save the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's sole law enforcement ranger. When the cause of the 'accident' is determined to be sabotage, Anna becomes entangled in an investigation that threatens to upset the very delicate balance of this fragile ecological preserve. For she is precariously close to exposing dark, clandestine crimes, both old and new, that someone has worked very diligently to conceal... and which makes Anna Pigeon the most endangered creature on the island. What readers are saying about Endangered Species: 'Full of suspense [and] once started, difficult to put down... first class' 'Nevada Barr never fails to keep me riveted to the page' 'Nevada Barr's storytelling skills and rich prose teleport you right into the middle of the park, the story, and the mind of her heroine Anna Pigeon'

She was looking for peace, yet finds murder instead... Nevada Barr's award-winning series featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon brings an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre - delve into the first adventure in Track of the Cat. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Paul Doiron. 'Thrilling... Ms. Barr has a naturalist's eye for detail and an environmentalist's fury at the destruction of the wilderness' - New York Times Book Review Patrolling the remote West Texas backcountry, Anna's first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna's rage knows no bounds. It's up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the locals - and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare... What readers are saying about Track of the Cat: 'Nevada Barr has a fabulous way of writing and her descriptions of the beautiful landscapes and natural beauty of these parks is just wonderful' 'Full of nature and heat, [this book is] excellently written to involve us in the story' 'Five stars'

Nature is close at hand - but then again, so is murder... Ill Wind is the third novel in Nevada Barr's gripping crime series featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Sue Grafton. 'Stirring... vivid... vibrant... intelligent' - New York Times Book Review When national park ranger Anna Pigeon needs to find peace, she turns to nature of solace. Lucky for her, she's been newly assigned to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Anna is enthralled by its ruins: the ancient cliff dwellings of a vanished Native American civilisation. But Anna's reverie is shattered by an inexplicable illness affecting visitors to the popular landmark - and two mysterious tragedies: the death of a child... and the murder of a friend. Now she must find the very human source of the evil wind that is blowing through the ruins. For it threatens more innocent lives - including Anna's own... What readers are saying about the Anna Pigeon Mysteries: 'Nevada Barr has a fabulous way of writing and her descriptions of the beautiful landscapes and natural beauty of these parks is just wonderful' 'Well-constructed mystery which keeps you guessing until the end' 'Five stars'

During a rescue attempt, Anna Pigeon learns who she can trust... Blind Descent is the sixth instalment in Nevada Barr's spellbinding crime series featuring park ranger heroine Anna Pigeon. Perfect for fans of Paul Doiron and Janet Evanovich. 'Barr's description of this Stygian underworld - so beautiful, so mysterious and so treacherous - have a stunning visceral quality, largely because of her heroine's affinity with the natural world' - New York Times Book Review Lechuguilla Cavern is a man-eating cave discovered in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park in the mid-1980s. Estimated to extend for more than three hundred miles, only ninety of them mapped, the cave was formed by acid burning away the limestone; corridors, pits, cramped wormholes, cliffs, and splendid rooms the size of football fields tangle together in a maze shrouded in the utter darkness of the underground. When a fellow ranger is injured in a caving accident, Anna swallows her paralyzing fear of small spaces and descends into Lechuguilla to help a friend in need. Worse than the claustrophobia that haunts her are the signs - some natural and some, more ominously, manmade - that not everyone is destined to emerge from this wondrous living tomb. The terrain is alien and hostile; the greed and destructive powers of mankind all too familiar. In this place of internal terrors, Anna must learn who it is she can trust and, in the end, decide who is to live and who is to die. What readers are saying about Blind Descent: 'It's a great pleasure to sit down with each book in this series' 'Readers will feel, see, smell, and touch every step that Nevada Barr makes in her underground trek as if they are part of the rescue party' 'A great mystery; very atmospheric'

New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr finally reveals the story that her fans have been clamoring for: Anna Pigeon's first case. In 1995—35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City, and nursing a broken heart—Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she's simply moved on; her cabin is cleaned out and her things are gone. But Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she found herself in this situation. As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that someone has trapped her there, in an inescapable prison, and no one knows that she is even missing. Plunged into a landscape and a plot she is unfit and untrained to handle, Anna Pigeon must muster the courage, determination and will to live that she didn't even know she still possessed to survive, outwit and triumph. For those legions of readers who have been entranced over the years by Park Ranger Anna Pigeon's strength and determination, and for those who are new to Nevada Barr's captivating, compelling series, The Rope is where it all starts.

National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon takes the city of New Orleans by storm in her latest adventure from a "New York Times"-bestselling author. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Martin's Press.

Anna Pigeon is in Manhattan to look after her hospitalized sister, and explores the Statue of Liberty in her spare time. But when a teenage girl falls to her death from Liberty's ledge, Anna wonders if the suicide was actually a homicide-and begins an investigation that puts her in the line of fire.

Park ranger Anna Pigeon is enjoying the open spaces of Colorado when she receives an urgent call. A young woman has been injured while exploring a cave in New Mexico?s Carlsbad Cavern Park. Before she can be pulled to safety, she sends for her friend Anna. Only one problem: a crushing fear of confined spaces has kept Anna out in the open her whole life.

The New York Times bestseller starring Anna Pigeon from the author of Winter Study. “Action-packed…a narrative that plunges readers into mystery [and] mayhem.”—The Denver Post Hoping a raft trip in Big Bend National Park will lift her spirits, Anna Pigeon and her husband Paul go to southwest Texas, where the Rio Grande is running high. The beauty of the Chihuahuan Desert and the power of the river work their magic—until the raft is lost in the rapids and a young college student makes a grisly discovery. Caught in a strainer between two boulders—and more dead than alive—is a pregnant woman. Anna will soon discover that nature isn’t the only one who wants to see the woman and her baby dead…

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.

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. When Anna and the crew investigate, they discover the plane was sabotaged. Suspicions smolder over the accident which killed both the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's lone law enforcement ranger. Even the usually unflappable Anna is shocked by the desperate cold-bloodedness of the crime. Will protecting the island come at a price even Anna is unwilling to pay?

Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced they are being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary…

It's fall on Mississippi's Natchez Trace: brown leaves scattered on springtime-green grass, winter-bare branches of sweetgum and sassafras etched against a summer-bright sky, the soft blue of chicory and delicate yellow of tickweed shimmering in the hollows alongside the highway. And as Anna answers a call to Mt. Locust, once a working plantation and inn that served travelers between Natchez and Nashville, now a tourist spot, she breathes in the scent of a forest readying itself for sleep, the very essence of autumn. Despite the bare branches above and the brown leaf litter below, the sky is blue, and murder is far from her mind. But the man Anna finds in Mt. Locust's old bedroom is no tourist in distress. He's nearly naked, and very dead, his body bearing marks consistent with sex games gone awry. On a writing table nearby is an open Bible, ominous passages circled in red.

In this breathtaking suspense novel by Nevada Barr, park ranger Anna Pigeon is faced with a sinister mystery that threatens the visitors of Mesa Verde. As a strange and deadly disease spreads through the park, Anna must unravel the source and put an end to the evil wind that carries it. With gripping twists and turns, Ill Wind transports readers to the atmospheric landscape of Mesa Verde, immersing them in the heart-pounding action as Anna races against time to uncover the truth. Fans of Nevada Barr's thrilling storytelling and gripping mysteries won't be able to put this book down.

The five-week New York Times bestseller, now in paperback. Running from a proposal of marriage from Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon takes a post as a temporary supervisory ranger on remote Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, a small grouping of tiny islands in a natural harbor seventy miles off Key West. This island paradise has secrets it would keep; not just in the present, but in shadows from its gritty past, when it served as a prison for the Lincoln conspirators during and after the Civil War. Here, on this last lick of the United States, in a giant crumbling fortress, Anna has little company except for the occasional sunburned tourist or unruly shrimper. When her sister, Molly, sends her a packet of letters from a great-great-aunt who lived at the fort with her husband, a career soldier, Anna's fantasy life is filled with visions of this long-ago time. When a mysterious boat explosion-and the discovery of unidentifiable body parts-keeps her anchored to the present, Anna finds crimes of past and present closing in on her. A tangled web that was woven before she arrived begins to threaten her sanity and her life. Cut off from the mainland by miles of water, poor phone service, and sketchy radio contact, and aided by one law-enforcement ranger, Anna must find answers or weather a storm to rival the hurricanes for which the islands are famous.

THE FIRST ANNA PIGEON NOVEL—WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD. The fascinating hero of Nevada Barr’s award-winning series—park ranger Anna Pigeon—has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the wilderness—and finding murder instead… Patrolling the remote West Texas backcountry, Anna’s first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna’s rage knows no bounds. It’s up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the locals—and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare…