false 86444 5 Imagine Nevada Barr's delight in discovering that there is actually a national park right smack in the middle of New York City--Gateways Park, which encompasses Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. She could continue her splendid series about park ranger Anna Pigeon and still do some serious shopping at Bendel's and Berghdorf's, the kind of stores you don't find in the New Mexico cave setting of <I>Blind Descent</I> (her last adventure). The ploy works: Barr is probably the only mystery writer who could see a natural environment under New York's slick and sleazy skin. <p> Anna is in Manhattan to look after her sister Molly, seriously ill with pneumonia and a kidney infection. Pigeon moves in with a ranger friend who has a place on Ellis Island. There's not much natural wildlife unless you count her feathered namesakes, but she still manages to find a lot to contemplate--especially the suspicious suicide of a teenage girl who leaps from Liberty's ledge, followed not long after by the security guard who tried to stop her. But Anna's snooping puts her own life in jeopardy. She survives several attacks and a near drowning--events as frightening as any of the fires, floods, and hurricanes from her past adventures. Barr neatly ties up her plot--ending with a brilliant chase scene across the waters from Manhattan to Liberty Island. What next for Anna? Is there a national park in Las Vegas? <I>--Dick Adler</I> 1963037 book 1999 Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon Mysteries #7) total:678|5:121|4:253|3:248|2:47|1:9| 678 2464 828 46 4 1 false false Sun Oct 21 10:24:30 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 10:24:51 -0700 2007 Love the whole "series". Anna Pigeon is a great character and I love reading about the National Parks - especially ones I've been too. After a while the pacing gets predictable, but they make entertaining lighter reading, without being too graphic. ]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 11:01:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 11:01:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 15:32:15 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 15:34:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 08:27:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 17:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:48:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:50:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 16:19:08 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 16:20:56 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 17:15:41 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 17:29:57 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jul 18 18:50:50 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 18:50:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 05:47:40 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 06:49:43 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jun 28 19:00:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:02:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 09 08:48:11 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:51:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 15 06:55:30 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 06:57:10 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:30:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 17:31:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 09:35:30 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:36:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:36:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:36:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 07:14:22 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 07:15:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 14:57:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:57:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:32:02 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:32:51 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Aug 06 06:07:18 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 06:07:31 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue May 13 23:33:05 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 23:33:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=86444