It’s another state park and another murder for Anna Pigeon who is suppose to be on her belated honeymoon with her husband.
This park, Big Bend National Park, sits on the border between Texas and Mexico. The park sounds beautiful and must be if the picture on the cover is any indication. It is an active park for white water rafting, hiking and canoeing – according to the book.
Anna, who barely survived her last post at Isle Royale, is on administrative leave from the park service. She has always wanted to see this park so her husband and her decide to go there as regular tourists. Her husband is a sheriff.
They find a body on the river and things pretty much go downhill from there. Everyone is pushed to their limits for survival – some, obviously don’t make it out of there alive. Of course we know that Anna does because she is the main character of the book. She continues to investigate to reveal who the killer is and save the day.
I like Navada Barr’s books because of the parks she writes about – she brings them to life and I find myself adding them to my mental list of places I want to visit. Her characters come to life on the page – making you either like or hate them.
Anna makes some dumb choices in each of her books which makes her more human I guess. Sometimes I scratch my head and wonder what could make a person be so blind but sometimes I guess people are blinded to things they don’t want to see.
My only complaint about this book is that the killer and the motive was obvious from the get go. Granted it meant I didn’t have to work hard mentally to try to solve it but I rather enjoy flexing my deductive reasoning while reading a murder/mystery.
The book is good – I thoroughly enjoyed it and the escapades Anna gets into. I so would have had to rescue the cow too…it is rather sad that no one had even tried prior to Anna’s arrival but guess if they had, the heroine wouldn’t have gotten the chance to save the day.
If you follow the Anna Pigeon series at all, you will enjoy this one. We see a softer side of Anna which is also refreshing.
