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Summary: What Is It About Tuesdays
Review: The park rangers of Mesa Verde National Park are used to being called out to answer medical emergencies. Usually, the emergencies involve breathing difficulties due to the high altitude, and Anna Pigeon and her colleagues are well equipped to handle them. What they're not so used to is finding dead bodies, but that's what they find this time.As well as finding a dead body and having to work out whether the cause of death was accident or foul play, the has been an alarming increase in the number of medical emergencies this summer, particularly on Tuesday mornings. Very curious. With the beautiful and mysterious backdrop of the Mesa Verde National Park setting a haunting tone to every scene, we are presented with some very perplexing mysteries. Anna Pigeon is ably assisted in her investigation by Frederick Stanton, a quirky and very likable FBI agent. He and Anna make a good team, working companionably together, trading light-hearted comments and generally complementing each other very nicely. All in all, Ill Wind is a very enjoyable mystery incorporating vivid images of the surrounding land that is very pleasing to the mind's eye.
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Summary: Mountain of Bones
Review: This book has also been published with the title "Mountain of Bones" so don't buy it twice like I did! I like these books. They are not predictable, which is unusual and good. After reading so many crime novels and about forensics, it is refreshing not to be able to pick the killer, and be thinking for half the book "c'mon stupid main character, he/she's the killer!" The only problem I have is the long bits of describing the scenery.
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Summary: Murder among the vanished Anasazi
Review: This third Anna Pigeon mystery features the park ranger in a new job at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. Stuck in a temporary workers' dorm until proper housing can be found, Anna takes refuge from her rambunctious house mates in wine, and lonely but satisfying drives into the desert. A rash of medical emergencies at Cliff Palace gives rise to adolescent talk about spirit activity among the mysteriously vanished cliff dwellers, the Anasazi. Until a fellow ranger dies in Cliff Palace in strange circumstances and Anna begins looking for a human hand in the proceedings. Barr steeps the story in western mountain smells and sights, and the lingering mystery of a vanished people; an atmosphere in sharp contrast with the daily rush of visitors to one of the country's most popular parks. The story is evenly paced, with a bang-up conclusion, and Barr excells at action scenes - like heart-pounding rescue efforts over the cliffs and harsh terrain. Another winner for the likable ranger.
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Summary: Makes you feel that you are there
Review: When you can taste the desert dust in your mouth just by reading about Anna Pigeon's exploits in this book, then you can guess that you're on to an author with superior writing skills. This book made me feel that I was there with Anna. The mystery, while excellent, takes almost second place to the sense of being there that this author can evoke. I can't praise it highly enough.
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Summary: Makes you feel that you are there
Review: When you can taste the desert dust in your mouth just by reading about Anna Pigeon's exploits in this book, then you can guess that you're on to an author with superior writing skills. This book made me feel that I was there with Anna. The mystery, while excellent, takes almost second place to the sense of being there that this author can evoke. I can't praise it highly enough.
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