Blood Lure

This is the 4th Anna Pigeon mystery I've read . . . over a period of almost 30 years. I always wanted to like the books more than I actually did. The main character is a National Park Ranger, specializing in law enforcement, and they are each set in a specific national park. But they tend to be very......more

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......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...o......more

Well I love bears and Anna so I really enjoyed this one. It was really well written. I loved the foreshadowing that let me know just a bit more than Anna did. Nevada Barr writes great mysteries.......more

A friend suggested that I might find the Nevada Barr books interesting, as they are mysteries set in various national parks. Blood Lure is set in Glacial National Park, which we are planning to visit, so it seemed like a good one to start with. I was not disappointed. The story has many twists and t......more