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Blood Lure (Anna Pigeon #9)
by
Nevada Barr
Straddling the border between Montana and Canada lies the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park—Anna’s home away from home when she is sent on a cross-training assignment to study grizzly bears. Along with bear researcher Joan Rand and a volatile, unpredictable teenage boy, Anna hikes the back country, seeking signs of bear. But the tables are turned on their second ni...more
Paperback, 333 pages
Published
February 5th 2002
by Berkley
(first published 2001)
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Sep 21, 2007
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mystery lovers with a yen for nature
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I must say, I'm not a big fan of mysteries in general, but I do enjoy a good Anna Pigeon thriller. This is probably the fifth of the series that I've read, and these books are good fun. My heart was even racing a little at the end. Anna Pigeon is the heroine of Nevada Barr's mystery series. A feisty ranger with the National Park Service, she continually finds herself in the middle of mysterious and/or murderous situations , always in different national parks. This time it's at Waterton/Glacier N...more
I love Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon mysteries. Anna Pigeon is a great character. She's cynical, distrustful of humanity, politically incorrect, tough, smart, and loves the natural world. "Blind Descent" is still my favorite of her books, but this one comes in a close second. Probably ties it, in fact. Barr does a wonderful job of describing the beauty of West Glacier, and after reading this almost has me liking bears again. And a satisfying murder mystery on top of it all. Everything revealed itsel...more
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Anna Pigeon is currently one of my favourite characters in literature and it feels like she's been through a lot since I first met her on the Track of the Cat in Texas nine books ago. In this book she's mostly lucid and sane and it's really comforting to see her coping with the world and not putting herself into too much danger.
Though I love the character, the setting is what really makes these books and this time we are in the Glacier National Park which spans the Montana/British Columbia bord
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Anna Pigeon, our intrepid park ranger is on a trek through Waterton/Glacier National Park engaged in setting some bear traps to collect hair and scat samples from assorted bears. Technically, she’s off duty and so out-of-uniform when they meet a young man hiking who reeks of malfeasance and in other circumstances, Anna would have had him up against a car demanding his driver’s license and other ID.
That night, in a scene that raised my skepticism (having read too many mysteries, I suppose) she a...more
That night, in a scene that raised my skepticism (having read too many mysteries, I suppose) she a...more
The grizzly bears of Glacier National Park are the subject of a DNA study and Anna Pigeon is part of the study team. Together with a biologist and a young volunteer, Anna ventures into the park’s back country to set lures for the bears and collect samples.
Anna’s faith in humanity has been tested before but her faith in nature will also be tested on this trek. Not only is there apparently a sadistic killer among the campers, there’s also a grizzly that seems to have a vendetta against humans.
For...more
Anna’s faith in humanity has been tested before but her faith in nature will also be tested on this trek. Not only is there apparently a sadistic killer among the campers, there’s also a grizzly that seems to have a vendetta against humans.
For...more
This is the first mystery I've read in years, so--to be fair--I don't feel like I have much of a basis of comparison. However, I was drawn in by the national park setting, and I must say that it kept me turning the pages. Particularly in the middle of the book, the natural danger from bears and the intentional danger from other humans coalesce into some downright spooky moments. I found myself kind of creeping around my apartment!
However, I have two quibbles with the book: First, as an avid back...more
However, I have two quibbles with the book: First, as an avid back...more
Anna Pigeon heads to the high country of Glacier National Park to assist on a grizzly bear DNA project. Traveling through the backcountry with bear expert Joan Rand and assistant Rory Van Slyke, Anna’s campsite is ransacked by a crazed grizzly. When the dust settles, Rory turns up missing, and is found 36 hours later, vague as to his whereabouts during his disappearance. The rangers also find the body of a woman with her neck snapped and half her face cut off. That the dead woman happens to be R...more
This book is far superior to the first in the Anna Pigeon series (which is the only other one in this series I have read). This is not the second book in the series, it is further along, and the author's writing style is vastly improved. The mystery is solidly developed, the characters are well drawn and the conclusion was a surprise, although not completely out of left field (like in the first book). I was definately turning pages and avoiding other tasks so I could make time to finish the stor...more
"Four hundred pounds or more of muscle. Saw-toothed canines. Four-inch claws. Nasty temper ... Even Anna Pigeon, the district park ranger who strides fearlessly through this invigorating series, is forced to reexamine her 'spiritual connection' to all of God's creatures when she is assigned to work on a scientific project that has her hanging out lures of blood and guts to attract the big grizzlies in Glacier National Park. Anna still manages to snatch those occasional moments of solitary commun...more
I've read these all out of order, but Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon novels generally stand alone well enough for that to not matter. So long as yo0u aren't going to be upset at surprising upheavals in Anna's romantic life, these are episodic to work in whatever order.
I'd hoped this would be a return to something more like her earlier novels: A Superior Death, Ill Wind, Endangered Species, and Blind Descent, but something with Blood Lure just didn't click as perfectly. Though I really liked the inte...more
I'd hoped this would be a return to something more like her earlier novels: A Superior Death, Ill Wind, Endangered Species, and Blind Descent, but something with Blood Lure just didn't click as perfectly. Though I really liked the inte...more
Park ranger/Law enforcer/sleuth Anna Pigeon is invited to Glacier National Park in Montana to help gather grizzly bear DNA for a research project. But when the researcher's camp is trashed and a hiker is found dead, it seems that perhaps nature, known to be cruel, is cold and calculating as well...or is it the work of a two-legged perpetrator instead?
Barr describes Glacier's monumental scenery with the knowledge of someone who has both been there and appreciated it fully. However, she does not s...more
Barr describes Glacier's monumental scenery with the knowledge of someone who has both been there and appreciated it fully. However, she does not s...more
I read this book a few years ago and haven't reread it lately, so I'm not going into details. But I don't keep many books and I have quite a few from Barr's series, and I highly recommend them. Well written, interesting plots, great character development. Barr's main character is a park ranger, and Barr has the ability to really put you in whatever situation Anna is in - running out of air at the bottom of Lake Michigan, baking in a protective tent during a forest fire, trapped without light in...more
I was very glad to get back to the Anna Pigeon in the woods. She does a much a better story when she's in the Nation's parks wherever they (and she) are. Nevada Barr seems much more comfortable when Anna is hiking trails, fighting gators, or bears or critters of whatever nature and looking after the tourists who are visiting.
The mystery was a teensy bit convoluted, but that may have had something to do with the fact that I was trying to listen to the story at work and everyone around me was in...more
The mystery was a teensy bit convoluted, but that may have had something to do with the fact that I was trying to listen to the story at work and everyone around me was in...more
Picked up off the bookshelf where we are staying. A friend of mine loves the descriptions of the National Parks.
I haven't been to many National Parks, but I have been to Glacier, where this was set. I had hoped to be more involved with the setting, but it just didn't click for me.
I don't personally know any NPS rangers, but I did get a sense of what it would be like to be in that bureaucracy. It would be unique to be in an employment situation where so many people are working in a field where th...more
I haven't been to many National Parks, but I have been to Glacier, where this was set. I had hoped to be more involved with the setting, but it just didn't click for me.
I don't personally know any NPS rangers, but I did get a sense of what it would be like to be in that bureaucracy. It would be unique to be in an employment situation where so many people are working in a field where th...more
I recently visited Glacier National Park where I read Nevada Barr's murder mystery about a murder in Glacier National Park. Anna Pigeon , a national park ranger , is the fearless protagonist of this series , whose experiences as ranger bring her to different National Parks to help solve murders in suspenseful wilderness settings. I felt like I was walking with her on her treks, as I knew exactly what it was like to be in the park.
I could see what she was describing, and walked on a trail across...more
I could see what she was describing, and walked on a trail across...more
The protagonist in this series, Anna Pigeon, is a middle-aged park ranger with a sharp eye, sensitive nose, and an astute mind. I am having lots of fun reading about her; she is a pleasant contrast to the Spenser mysteries I have been reading of late. Also, since each story is set in a different national park, I get to see through my mind's eye some of the places I have not yet visited, but want to, and some places I will probably never visit (but want to). From the depths of a New Mexico cavern...more
My third Anna Pigeon book. I've always found grizzly bears frightening and this book in fact gave me a nightmare of being chased inside my house by a grizzly. It was one of those hyper-real dreams that had my heart pounding and had me thrashing about. I finally woke up and about an hour later there was news on TV about the 9/11 attacks. Was my bad dream because of the book or the result of a greater karmic disturbance? Despite this downer of an association the book was really good. You still wo...more
Great to read during a visit to Glacier National Park since it centers on the bear DNA project. If you have any interest in bears, this is a gold mine of information. After hiking much shorter versions of the trails Anna scrambles over, I couldn't help wondering why the altitude didn't slow her down, coming from the Natchez Trace which is, if anything, below sea level.
Some readers complained about the ending, but I loved it. As a motive, love of animals is every bit as plausible as drugs, greed,...more
Some readers complained about the ending, but I loved it. As a motive, love of animals is every bit as plausible as drugs, greed,...more
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Park ranger Anna Pigeon, the fortyish heroine of Barr's popular series, is back, tracking grizzlies through the unforgiving landscape of Glacier National Park as part of a scientific investigation that's outlined with more detail than anyone who's not totally fascinated by these awesome animals will care about. In fact, the description of what actually goes into the lures set to attract the bears so they can be tagged and counted is guaranteed to rumble the strongest stomach--but that's just the...more
On loan to National Park in Montana to study the DNA of Bears, Anna Pigeon finds not only bears, but mysteries and murder. I loved this book--especially the happy ending. The Bear researcher was a interesting, fun character--a friend that Anna really needed. The Grizzly attack on their camp was terrifying --so well written. I love the stories that Nevada Barr weaves, they read like true life stories and I can't help believe that Anna is real, someone with whom I could be friends. Lovely book, ex...more
Blood Lure by Nevada Barr is the 9th Anna Pigeon mystery but all the books stand by themselves as each one is set in a different location.
In this installment Anna is stationed at Glacier National Park where she is helping with a grizzly bear DNA project. On their first night out their camp is attacked by a grizzly and their youngest member, Rory Van Slyke. The next morning Rory's stepmother is found dead on a trail. Was it a bear or was it murder?
Actually it was a little bit of both and it takes...more
In this installment Anna is stationed at Glacier National Park where she is helping with a grizzly bear DNA project. On their first night out their camp is attacked by a grizzly and their youngest member, Rory Van Slyke. The next morning Rory's stepmother is found dead on a trail. Was it a bear or was it murder?
Actually it was a little bit of both and it takes...more
Another pleasant Anna Pidgeon mystery. This time Anna is stationed in Glacier National Park to assist a bear researcher with the collection of DNA. Disgusting descriptions of what goes into the bait they use to attract bears may make this unreadable near mealtime, otherwise the typical Pidgeon mystery - pleasant/not so pleasant characters, beautiful scenery, sarcastic humor. Anna always manages to get the bejesus beat out of her, so you wonder how much she can take. Even though these books have...more
Again, as with my other fave mystery author, I'll spare you the list of the whole series. If you want to read her, start with the first book in the series - "Track of the Cat." The author is a former park ranger. The sleuth in her mysteries, Anna Pigeon, is also a female park ranger. She's very independent and a bit sarcastic - fun to read - lots of internal dialogue. Each novel takes place in a different national park, and the descriptions of them are thorough and enjoyable (scenery, flora, fau...more
This was certainly not what I expected. The main character, Anna Pigeon, a national park ranger, goes to Montana to study grizzly bears. After her group is attacked by a bear, one of their group disappears, and a camper is found dead and mutilated. This story twists and turns, and makes no sense at all, until the very last chapter, when everything becomes clear. For a murder mystery, it is fun to read, and has a happy ending.
Similar to the last one I read (that was number 2 in the series), this one took a little while to hook me. That may indicate that it's me and not the books as I've been reading a LOT of Nevada Barr/Anna Pigeon lately.
The one had fewer red herrings than other Anna Pigeon books I've read.
The resolution of this book pleased me more than any of the ones I've read before. I can't say any more than that without it being a spoiler.
The one had fewer red herrings than other Anna Pigeon books I've read.
The resolution of this book pleased me more than any of the ones I've read before. I can't say any more than that without it being a spoiler.
I started this book right before I went to Glacier National Park and then I took it with me. I finished it when I got back. I loved that I could identify with the places and the hikes. I scared myself a bit when I read about the bear coming around the camp. This book had enough mystery to keep me entertained and I did want to know what was going to happen. There was a bit too much nothing happening at times.
Recommended to me several years ago by my mom...she had started reading others in the Anna Pigeon series and enjoyed them. Since we had recently vacationed in Glacier National Park, she thought I might be interested as well. I enjoyed the book and the descriptions of the back country of Glacier, but something was lacking at the end of the book for me. I would probably try one of her higher recommended books.
Anna, a park ranger is currently in Glacier National Park for some cross-training. She is working on a bear DNA project near the US/Canadian border. At first I thought I wouldn't like the book; there was a lot of tedious information on the DNA census project, more than I was interested in knowing. I really got caught up in the story though once the action got going. A very interesting mystery overall.
I like strong protagonists -- so Anna Pidgeon fits the bill. I've been to Glacier and would have liked more attention given to the setting, which is glorious. The inside look at the lives/routines of park rangers rings true. The ending was a bit pat -- I got the feeling that the author was not as committed to this novel as she was to others involving this character. Still, it was a satisfying read.
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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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