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Endangered Species (Anna Pigeon #5)
by
Nevada Barr
Was the crash of the drug interdiction plane on an iolated Georgia island an accident - or sabotage? Park ranger Anna Pigeon investigates. Though the "experts" are called in to evaluate the crash, Anna can't let the investigation rest solely in their hands. Her inquiry causes her to stumble into shady dealings that question the integrity - and honor - of her own crew.
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
May 1st 1998
by Avon
(first published 1997)
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Mar 13, 2013
Bettie
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2 of 5 stars
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Preposterous fawn action.
#73 TBR Busting 2013
3* Track of the Cat
3* A Superior Death
3* Ill Wind
3* Firestorm
2* Endangered Species
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Admittedly I bought this book by accident. While I will still on occasion pick books according to their title, a sort of book gamble/lottery if you will, I was far more inclined in my younger years, especially in the case of this book. Basically, I picked this book up while on a trip to the book store (a trip I still love to take) with my mother. At once I read the title and believed it to be about endangered species, that is a non-fiction book about endangered species which is a subject I find...more
As the fifth Anna Pigeon mystery begins, Anna’s playing midwife to a weary but determined loggerhead turtle in the waters of Georgia’s Cumberland Island National Seashore. As cool as this is, looking after the endangered turtles is only a side job—Anna is officially at the park as part of the fire crew. It’s the dry season, a dangerous time, and crews patrol the area on the lookout for wildfires.
The smell of smoke leads Anna and her partner to the wreckage of a burning airplane. Clues at the sce...more
The smell of smoke leads Anna and her partner to the wreckage of a burning airplane. Clues at the sce...more
Dec 08, 2008
Carol
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
mystery fans, nature lovers, like strong female character with a sense of humor, Jessica Speart fans
Reading a Nevada Barr mystery is like coming home for me. It's comforting, you know what to expect and you're not disappointed. Endangered Species is Barr all the way, National Park setting, murder mystery, a bit of romance, and a smart, strong, character in Park Ranger Anna Pigeon. This time round you'll find Anna in Cumberland National Park, Georgia. She's on a 21 day fire watch, hot, and bored. The boredom is short-lived when a plane crashes in the palmetto thickets and leaves the two person...more
A fire watch assignment on hot and humid Cumberland Island isn’t too exciting for park ranger Anna Pigeon until a twin-engine Beechcraft crashes, killing two people inside. When investigators determine the Beechcraft was sabotaged, Anna’s curiosity prompts her to do a little snooping. But snooping on this quiet little island becomes dangerous, although not dangerous enough to stop Anna. And this is the problem I had with Endangered Species.
Because there’s no emotional stake in the outcome for An...more
Because there’s no emotional stake in the outcome for An...more
383 pages.
National Park Service employee, Anna Pigeon, solves wilderness mysteries in Cumberland Island, Georgia. As she follows clues, she becomes an endangered creature herself.
In a dangerous dry season, park ranger Anna Pigeon is posted to Georgia's Cumberland Island on 21-day fire detail. When a plane crashes nearby, Anna and her crew arrive in time to put out the flames, but too late to save the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's only full-time law enforcement ranger. And when the cause...more
National Park Service employee, Anna Pigeon, solves wilderness mysteries in Cumberland Island, Georgia. As she follows clues, she becomes an endangered creature herself.
In a dangerous dry season, park ranger Anna Pigeon is posted to Georgia's Cumberland Island on 21-day fire detail. When a plane crashes nearby, Anna and her crew arrive in time to put out the flames, but too late to save the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's only full-time law enforcement ranger. And when the cause...more
Feb 06, 2010
Caralyn
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A good reminder why I don't want to live in swampy land by the sea! Or on an island! This book was also full of oddball characters, but it had more emphasis on Anna's sister and beau than previous books. And there was a moving quote about death:
"Dead strangers evoked a smorgasbord of the lesser emotions and served as marvelous educational tools, warnings, and veiled threats. When an acquaintance was killed it was closer to home; one knew some of the threads that tied the deceased to a common hum...more
"Dead strangers evoked a smorgasbord of the lesser emotions and served as marvelous educational tools, warnings, and veiled threats. When an acquaintance was killed it was closer to home; one knew some of the threads that tied the deceased to a common hum...more
Picked this up on a recommendation of Nevada Barr. Perhaps this just wasn't her strongest Anna Pigeon novel (every long series does have its weak points). And the recommendation was strong enough that I might give Barr one more shot. But I was just not a fan.
Okay, the plotline with Anna's sister and boyfriend was unexpected and fun, in a mean-spirited sort of way. But I had a hard time keeping the cast of characters straight, and way too many times found myself incredulously reading with my eyeb...more
Okay, the plotline with Anna's sister and boyfriend was unexpected and fun, in a mean-spirited sort of way. But I had a hard time keeping the cast of characters straight, and way too many times found myself incredulously reading with my eyeb...more
One of the last Nevada Barr books I've read, and the one of only two of her books that I've kept, and that simply because Cumberland Island is in my state. The who-dun-it mystery is passable, and the book is kept rolling along by the setting on Cumberland Island.
Anna Pigeon is not tremendously likeable. Over the years, and the books, her angst over her dead husband has turned to whining to the point I want to say, 'get a grip, move on.' If Barr had made Pigeon a character who grows and changes,...more
Anna Pigeon is not tremendously likeable. Over the years, and the books, her angst over her dead husband has turned to whining to the point I want to say, 'get a grip, move on.' If Barr had made Pigeon a character who grows and changes,...more
Dual stories with FBI agent Stanton helping find the source of Molly's death threats while Ranger Anna Pigeon is finding out who caused a plane to crash in the Cumberland Island Park, Georgia.
Stanton faces his romantic midlife inconsistencies by falling for Molly while Anna faces her needs for the solace she finds in spacious nature despite chiggers, ticks and weighty turtles. Thus ends their affair of the heart. After Anna is stuck inhaling an acre of burning marijuana she has a bleating fawn l...more
Stanton faces his romantic midlife inconsistencies by falling for Molly while Anna faces her needs for the solace she finds in spacious nature despite chiggers, ticks and weighty turtles. Thus ends their affair of the heart. After Anna is stuck inhaling an acre of burning marijuana she has a bleating fawn l...more
I thought this one was easier to get into than Blind Descent, but maybe that's only because I'm already familiar with the character. The mystery plot was adequately structured and nuanced, with enough hints to raise suspicions and predictions without giving everything away too soon. I like that Anna Pigeon has a job (in this case mostly hanging around waiting for a fire to start) rather than just a retired snoop playing at detective. Her investigation methods do exceed her jurisdiction, which I...more
In a dangerous dry season, park ranger Anna Pigeon is posted to Georgia's Cumberland Island on 21-day fire detail. When a plane crashes nearby, Anna and her crew arrive in time to put out the flames, but too late to save the pilot and his passenger, Cumberland's only full-time law enforcement ranger. And when the cause of the "accident" is proven to be sabotage, Anna embarks upon an investigation that threatens to expose dark, clandestine crimes both old and new, making Anna suddenly the most en...more
Anna has been given a plush 3 week assignment to do summer suppression fire patrol on GA's Cumberland Island National Seashore. Except for turtle patron, things have been pretty dull until the crash of a drug interdiction plane. As usual, Anna moves into the thick of the action as she solves the crime.
Although the language is much better than some of her books, the reason for the killing is weak and the explanation is rushed at the end. Description of the park is well done as usual, but sub-par...more
Although the language is much better than some of her books, the reason for the killing is weak and the explanation is rushed at the end. Description of the park is well done as usual, but sub-par...more
Good story. I like that she mixes up stubbornness, bravery, and "cravenness." Anna Pigeon is not the easiest character to warm to, but enjoyably complex, as are the mysteries.
I like that we got to meet Molly "in person" finally.
The rest are spoilers so I'll hide 'em.
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I like that we got to meet Molly "in person" finally.
The rest are spoilers so I'll hide 'em.
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"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 breeding ground for more than just the imperiled 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...more
"A small plane crashes into the palmetto thickets nearby. Anna and her crew arrive in time to control the blaze...more
Fans of park ranger Anna Pigeon have followed her from Lake Superior to Mesa Verde; now she takes them to Cumberland Island, Georgia. Part of a fire crew, Anna and her partner are first to discover the wreckage of a burning airplane, and Anna suspects sabotage. Back in civilization, her beau, Frederick, meets her sister, Molly, and discovers that she has all of Anna's good qualities, plus a penchant for city life that he shares, in contrast to Anna's love for the wilderness. The setting is an ad...more
Anna Pigeon is sent on a fire patrol at Cumberland Island National Park off the coast of Georgia. When it is discovered that sabotage caused the plane to crash killing the pilot, Slattery Hammond and the sole law enforcement officer for the island, Todd Belfore, Anna begins her own investigation.
Although this novel wasn't as exciting as Firestorm, it kept my interest and kept things suspenseful. Anna certainly has a way to get herself in some unusual situations!
Although this novel wasn't as exciting as Firestorm, it kept my interest and kept things suspenseful. Anna certainly has a way to get herself in some unusual situations!
This entry into the Anna Pigeon series has all the usual stuff--intriguing characters, snappy dialog and Anna--sad, resilient and trying to figure out where her life is going. Barr's villian is nasty and has no redeeming qualities. I like reading this series because of Anna and the mysteries are pretty good. The plot of Endangered Species twists around just enough and offers just enough possible villians to keep the reader interested. Recommended!
I like all the books in the series, this edition was filled with scenery, wild life and murder also. Nevada Barr paints imagery with her words. You can't and don't want to skim her books. I find myself rereading some descriptive passages, especially those about characters and human nature. She writes beautifully. The mystery builds and builds and then Anna with her senses and dogged determination figures out the answers. Looking forward to the next book.
Wow, found an Anna Pigeon novel I hadn't yet read--what a treat. It's an earlier one and it seemed like it as I read. I'm not sure exactly what gave me that impression. I guess Anna didn't seem as complex as I'm used to, maybe. Good story. I had no idea whodunit until the reveal. :-) It was nice to get some more details on background that I had seen referenced in later novels and to spend some time with Anna's sister.
Another entertaining Anna Pidgeon story. This one takes place on Cumberland Island, Ga. Interesting story about park rangers who grow weed in remote spots on this remote island. The incessant mention of ticks still makes me itchy, though. The island is a nesting ground for loggerhead turtles and the story of their life cycle is amazing.
Not one of Barr's better stories, but good enough to keep me amused during my commute.
Not one of Barr's better stories, but good enough to keep me amused during my commute.
Of course the Anna books get better and better as they go along but this is a good one...Not as much suspense as some of the newer ones though.
I listened to the audio book read by Cindy Williams and was not impressed. Cindy didn't use different voices for the characters. But comparing her to Barbara Rosenblatt just isn't a fair thing to do. Barbara is a goddess of the read word.
I listened to the audio book read by Cindy Williams and was not impressed. Cindy didn't use different voices for the characters. But comparing her to Barbara Rosenblatt just isn't a fair thing to do. Barbara is a goddess of the read word.
Half way through this book I was thinking this book was a 3. Then the tide turned and I rated it a 4. The main character is my type of heroine: messed up. Since I majored in science and biology the book appealed to that area of my life. Since I am Southern and am well acquainted with chiggers and ticks the location appealed to that part of me.
Follow Anna Pigeon as a National Park Service Law Enforcement officer and learn about all the different National Parks, the big and the small. Murder, mayham, mystery and our National Parks.
This is an author that I have read a lot of and have added her books to my 'keeper' book shelf. Most I have read at least twice and some even more than that.
This is an author that I have read a lot of and have added her books to my 'keeper' book shelf. Most I have read at least twice and some even more than that.
This book takes place in the Columbus Island national park where Anna Pigeon is employed as a suppression fire ranger. Two men are killed in an airplane explosion and she sets out to solve the mystery of who did it. While Barr's books are somewhat formulaic it is difficult to determine the perpetrator until she actually discloses that information.
They're all turning into Dick Francis books to me...So many similar sounding titles that you discover you've read them when you get home from the library... and like Francis - so so as mysteries go...likeable characters...especially Anna Pigeon...Love the settings in our national parks...the settings have compelled me to read more of the series
My first in her Anna Pigeon series because the library doesn't cooperate by having the books in order as I need them (Ha!) and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed her writing and the way Barr can turn a phrase that stays with you. Her characters are colorful and well-developed and the story line was interesting tho it would be a long cold day in hell when I spend August in Georgia! Between the heat and the bugs, I'd find another park to park in!
This was written with Cumberland Island GA as the backdrop so I really felt like I was there. That was nice for me because we went there a few times when I was a teenager. An absolutely pristine place. Anna Pidgeon saves the day at the end. Three hundred pages of easy, enjoyable and no thought provoking topics reading. Nice.
The cast of characters always leaves me guessing who is guilty. The Park Service holds every imaginable type. I think my favorite in Endangered Species is Dijon Smith. It is the description of the Cumberland Island Park that is even more interesting. Anna does not disappoint us; she is fearless, intrepid, witty and moving on romantically.
I love the Anna Pigeon series. The heroine is tough, quirky, and conflicted all at the same time. As usual this book delivered, although I found the plot slightly difficult to follow. I will give it credit for not being an immediately solve-able mystery, I just would've liked a better flow.
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Nevada Barr is a mystery fiction author, known for her "Anna Pigeon" series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. Barr has won an Agatha Award for best first novel for Track of the Cat.
Barr was named after the state of her birth. She grew up in Johnstonville, California. She finished college at the University of California, Irvine. Originally, Barr started to pursue a career in...more
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Barr was named after the state of her birth. She grew up in Johnstonville, California. She finished college at the University of California, Irvine. Originally, Barr started to pursue a career in...more
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