Anna Pigeon stumbles into a nest of secrets – can she find her way out?
Park Ranger Anna Pigeon returns to face her most duplicitous foe, human nature, in Nevada Barr’s thrilling mystery Hunting Season. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Janet Evanovich.
‘Suspenseful, atmospheric [and] pulse-pounding… Hunting Season ranks right up there with the best in this excellent series’ – Chicago Tribune
When Anna answers a call to historic Mt. Locust, once a producing plantation and inn on Mississippi’s Natchez Trace Parkway and now a tourist spot, the last thing she expects to encounter is murder. But the man Anna finds in the stand’s old bedroom is no tourist in distress. He’s nearly naked, and very dead, his body bearing marks consistent with an S&M ritual gone awry. On a writing table nearby is an open Bible, ominous passages circled in red. It seems the deceased is the brother of Raymond Barnette, local undertaker and a candidate for sheriff, who wants to keep any hint of kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.
Ray may be hiding a house full of secrets in the old family homestead, but before Anna can start her investigation, she’s waylaid by malevolent poachers, peevish co-workers, and a suddenly turbulent romantic life. And when hidden agendas and old allegiances are revealed, it’s suddenly Anna’s life that’s on the line.
What readers are saying about Hunting Season:
‘Fast-paced, lively, descriptive, and entertaining is the hallmark of a great writer’
‘Authentic and captivating‘
‘Five stars‘
Park Ranger Anna Pigeon returns to face her most duplicitous foe, human nature, in Nevada Barr’s thrilling mystery Hunting Season. Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo and Janet Evanovich.
‘Suspenseful, atmospheric [and] pulse-pounding… Hunting Season ranks right up there with the best in this excellent series’ – Chicago Tribune
When Anna answers a call to historic Mt. Locust, once a producing plantation and inn on Mississippi’s Natchez Trace Parkway and now a tourist spot, the last thing she expects to encounter is murder. But the man Anna finds in the stand’s old bedroom is no tourist in distress. He’s nearly naked, and very dead, his body bearing marks consistent with an S&M ritual gone awry. On a writing table nearby is an open Bible, ominous passages circled in red. It seems the deceased is the brother of Raymond Barnette, local undertaker and a candidate for sheriff, who wants to keep any hint of kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.
Ray may be hiding a house full of secrets in the old family homestead, but before Anna can start her investigation, she’s waylaid by malevolent poachers, peevish co-workers, and a suddenly turbulent romantic life. And when hidden agendas and old allegiances are revealed, it’s suddenly Anna’s life that’s on the line.
What readers are saying about Hunting Season:
‘Fast-paced, lively, descriptive, and entertaining is the hallmark of a great writer’
‘Authentic and captivating‘
‘Five stars‘
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Reviews
Praise for Nevada Barr: Suspenseful, atmospheric [and] pulse-pounding... Hunting Season ranks right up there with the best in this excellent series
The plot takes some surprising twists [but] the real strength of Hunting Season, and this series, is its delightful protagonist. A widowed woman in her 40s, she is absolutely believable - alternately irritated, feisty, insecure, grouchy and charming
An engrossing and deftly written thriller... [Nevada Barr] provides us with a backstage view of our national park system that is both fictionally exciting and factually enlightening
Will keep readers guessing until the last page
The edgy, fast-paced tale generates plenty of tension... and Barr does a good job of developing the character of Anna, adding romance to the mix and giving the ranger plenty of opportunity to display her slightly dark, off-center wit
In Hunting Season, [Barr's] descriptions are so vivid a reader almost feels the leaves on the forest floor cracking beneath her feet and the misty fogs soaking into her pores
Even fans who thought they'd already seen enough of Natchez Trace will find Barr's tenth as inventive, as ingenious, and finally as riveting as the very best of this distinguished series
Fortunately for her readers, Barr takes full advantage of the surroundings, writing ingeniously plotted mysteries set in exotic locales... interesting characters... some truly terrifying scenes
The remarkable Nevada Barr offers another beautifully nuanced and hard-to-put-down tale... There truly is no finer writer in the realm today, and her descriptive prose in observance of the natural world is always stunning
Park ranger Anna Pigeon is back on the Natchez Trace [with] poachers, grave robbers, a romance and, of course, a murder... The slightly spooky goings-on give the tale a pleasant chill, and Barr keeps the story's intensity high until the edge-of-your-seat conclusion. Along with her trademark elucidation of the wonders of nature, she never fails to illuminate human nature as well
