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Nevada Barr (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley (Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 042519471X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425194713
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 601,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A wonderful satisfying read."--" Washington Post Book World"Nevada Barr writes with a cool, steady hand about the violence of nature and the cruelty of man."--" The New York Times Book Review"Haunting. . .Wonderful. . .Vivid and Memorable. . .A Book That Is Just About Perfect."--" Denver Post --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price. In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends Ranger Pigeon to a new post amid the cold, deserted, and isolated beauty of Isle Royale National Park, a remote island off the coast of Michigan known for fantastic deep-water dives of wrecked sailing vessels. Leaving behind memories of the Texas high desert and the environmental scam she helped uncover, Anna is adjusting to the cool damp of Lake Superior and the spirits and lore of the northern Midwest. But when a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship. Written with a naturalist's feel for the wilderness and a keen understanding of characters who thrive in extreme conditions, A Superior Death is a passionate, atmospheric page-turner. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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A Superior Death 27 Oct 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Anna Pigeon is a park ranger and law enforcement officer in the US National Park Service and this tale is set in Lake Superior's National Park. This is early in the series and later Anna will return to an island on the lake in 'Wolf Study', in winter. This book however involves diving, boating and tourists galore, which confuses the issue when a newly dead body is discovered in a sunken ship. Only a scuba diver could have placed the body in this location and Anna has to investigate despite never knowing if she can trust a diving 'buddy' who may be the killer. Long sunken bottles of vintage wine provide a possible source of wealth - provided they have survived intact. And there is definitely something creepy about the brother and sister diving instructors. Anna is a widow who occasionally turns to drink to dull her grief, loves animals and nature, and belongs in the wilderness. The author has herself worked in the Park Service and is realistic about pay, conditions, prospects - both work and social - and red tape in this career.
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A Unique Page-Turner 6 Jun 2002
By Wendy Kaplan - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
When reading Nevada Barr, it's wise to remember that it's not the mystery, but the medium. In this second of the delightful Anna Pigeon series, our intrepid Park Ranger is stationed at Lake Superior, probably the most unforgiving and treacherous of all the Great Lakes.

Just like her first book in the series, "Track of the Cat," Barr draws the reader quickly and completely into the medium--in this case, the cold, eerie and wicked Lake Superior. In no time, I was suited up with Anna, ready to make a life-threatening dive down to a well-known shipwreck that houses five ghostly bodies--and one very new one.

Who killed fellow ranger Denny Castle, himself a skilled and "superior" diver? How did his body, dressed in macabre costume, become lodged in the engine room of the wreck? Anna and her fellow Rangers, an eclectic and motley crew if there ever was one, set out in their various ways to solve the mystery. They are aided, whether they like it or not, by a brash young FBI operative who is certain that the murder is drug-related.

The identity of the murderer and the motive behind the murder take a back seat to the truly unique and wonderful descriptions of the place, the people, and especially Anna, who is one tough cookie. Almost.

A great, quick, summer read. I recommend "A Superior Death" to anybody who enjoys a well-written, if not a psychologically challenging, mystery. Anna Pigeon, in my mind, is one of the great characters, and well worth this reader's time.

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THE VERY BEST!! 18 Oct 1998
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Each of Ms. Barr's books I pick up is her best! I have read nearly all of her books now. I think I have one to go. It really is like finding an old friend. Anna Pigeon is a real person, with foibles and vulnerabilities, strengths, weaknesses, skills and awkwardness. In this story she is law enforcement ranger again in cold north (Lake Superior of the title) and scuba diving and boat handling. This is an excellent plot. Much like murder in the locked room. How WAS it done? You will be hooked on it. Then you will realize you have become rather fond of Ranger Anna Pigeon, and in the end you will be a fan of Nevada Barr. I know. I have been there. This book, and all her books, I highly recommend.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Freezing fear 25 Jun 2000
By Victoria Tarrani - Published on Amazon.com
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Anna Pigeon is a Park Ranger who has been transferred from the hot Texas desert (read Track of the Cat) to the cold reaches of Lake Superior where her skills as a diver are tested by ghostly images from a sunken ship to the very real danger of a murderer.

Nevada Barr does not simply tell the story, but she reveals it through details that give the reader insight into both the world of the Park Rangers and underwater spectacles that delight the imagination. As she learns about this cold world, so do we.

As Anna solves the mystery, we feel the fear building because we know that she is in danger and that she didn't get into that danger by ignoring her common sense, but by following her basic intelligence to logical conclusions. Logic can sometimes take too long, which always adds to great suspense.

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