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Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nevada Barr
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 1737
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 370
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0399154582
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399154584
ASIN: 0399154582
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
Anna Pigeon returnsin the remarkable new novel from the New York Timesbestselling writer.
It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have their own pack of the magnificent, much-maligned animals. Shes housed in the islands bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security, who are assessing the study with an eye to opening the park each wintereffectively bringing an end to the fifty-year studyso that it can be manned to secure the scrap of border with Canada.
Soon after Annas arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to act in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the team to believe that perhaps a wolf/dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary. Alone on an island without electricity or running water, with temperatures hovering around zero both day and night, Anna fights not only for the wolves, but for also her own survival.
Filled with the nail-biting suspense, richly drawn characters and gorgeous nature writing that are her hallmarks, Winter Study is vintage Barr, proving once again that shes a real writer, in every sense of the word (The Denver Post).
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 Great Book! June 28, 2008
I have read every book Nevada Barr has written. I feel this is one of her best, if not the best book she has written. Reading this,you feel you are right in the frozen countryside with Anna Pigeon. It is interesting, gruesome, and very entertaining. More please.
 Disappointing June 18, 2008
I've read all of Barr's fiction, but this one left me cold. I had a hard time maintaining interest in it and ultimately quit after a handful of chapters. That's unheard of for me... a voracious reader. Maybe I'll try it again someday, but for now, it sits on the shelf.
A Winter's Tale June 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A six-week investigation of a 50-year-old study of moose and wolves in Isle Royale in Lake Superior brings Park Ranger Anna Pigeon to a brutal winter, in this 14th novel in the series. The investigation is under the scrutiny of Homeland Security, which wants to bring it to a grinding halt so the area can be opened to tourists the year round and close an easy entry for illegals from Canada.
Shortly after her arrival, strange things begin to happen. The wolf packs behave in unusual ways, and the interaction of the small team gives rise to abnormal behavior. Before it's all over, there are deaths and Anna has to fight for her own survival.
Once again, the author demonstrates a facility for writing about nature and provides penetrating character studies. Perhaps so much detail that it overwhelms the reader (at least it did me). One can nearly literally freeze to death reading the chilling chapters and descriptions of the weather and the tundra. Nevertheless, it is an exciting story, with unexpected consequences. A novel to be read by a rip-roaring fire, and recommended.
mystery June 5, 2008
so glad she finally came out with another book, been waiting a long time...enjoyed it tremendously...
 Tedious June 4, 2008
I gave this 3 stars because as usual, the writing is excellent. I've read a couple of Anna Pigeon books before and enjoyed them. I stopped half way through because I was sick of hearing about wolves and moose and cold and discomfort. I found myself skipping through just to find the heart of the story.
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