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The laws of nature take a terrifyingly murderous turn in this spellbinding addition to the New York Times bestselling series featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon. In Blood Lure, Anna returns to the West, where she is sent on a training assignment to study the grizzly bears in Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park, straddling the border between Montana and Canada. But back in her beloved mountains, where the air is pure and cool, Anna fails to find the spiritual renewal she expected. Instead, nature seems to have become twisted, carrying a malevolence almost human in its focus. Along with bear researcher Joan Rand and a volatile and unpredictable teenaged boy, Anna hikes the backcountry, seeking signs of the bears. On their second night out, the tables are turned: one of the beasts comes looking for her. Daybreak finds the boy missing and a camper dead, her neck snapped by a single blow, the flesh of her face cut away with a knife. Feeling betrayed by both nature and humanity, Anna must find the beast stalking the trails-leading her readers deep into a gripping wilderness life-or-death mystery. Nevada Barr takes readers on a journey like no other. With Blood Lure, she proves once again that she "has enough story-telling ability to power a dozen different series" (The Denver Post).
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Pat M. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Nature, man or something else?
Anna Pigeon faces a real puzzle in this story as she struggles to make sense of nature's way after being attacked by a grizzly and subsequently finding a murdered and disfigured hiker. This is a well thought out plot with plenty of clues sprinkled throughout, which only in hindsight lead up to the unexpected conclusion. Nevada Barr brings you right inside Anna's mind where you share Anna's full range of emotions as she fights to maintain her beloved connection with nature and the wilderness.
Richard M. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm usually so-so about Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon books--I'll read one every year or two, just to see how they're going. This one was good, but not as good as some of the others. (Blind Descent is my favorite.)
I felt that this one dragged things out many (many!) pages beyond what was necessary to tell the story. Nevertheless, it was a clever mystery and I did care about the characters and enjoyed the unraveling of the clues and eventual solution to the mystery.
I visited the Canadian Waterton Lakes National Park--the continuation of Glacier National Park across the border in Canada--a year or two ago, and it is a breathtakingly beautiful place. The book didn't really deliver the look and feel of this marvelous place, but it was still fun.
If you like any of the Barr books, you'll like this one.
Judy B. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The thought of facing a huge grizzly bear frighten you? Add to that a murder mystery and a great cast of characters and you'll understand why this book is a winner. Nevada Barr is great and so is this book!
Diane C. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Four hundred pounds or more of muscle. Saw-toothed canines. Four-inch claws. Nasty temper...Even Anna Pigeon, the district park ranger who strides fearlessly through this invigorating series, is forced to reexamine her spiritural connection to all of God's creatures when she is assigned to work on a scientific project that has her hanging out lures of blood and guts to attract the big grizzlies in Glacier National Park. Anna still manages to snatch those occasional moments of solitary communing with nature that make her an inspirational wilderness guide. But there's no time for meditation when a rampaging bear attacks the researchers' campsite...
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Lana W. (This is a lively book with a fast-moving plot. And while the plot is zipping along, the author throws in lots of information about Glacier National Park and life as a ranger. The ending was really surprising but somewhat unbelievable. I also found the ending abrupt. None the less, it was a great read, fast and engrossing.
Carole J. (I think this is the best Pigeon adventure that I've read. I love the suspense and fright when she is confronted with an eleven foot Grizzly. The mystery is good and hard to guess and the descriptions of Glacier Park are beautiful. I really enjoyed this book.
Good mystery and interesting story about luring animals.
If you've read any of Barr's Anna Pigeon mysteries--TRACK OF THE CAT, BITTERSWEET, FIRESTORM, BLIND DESCENT--- you already know that you're in for a treat! BLOOD LURE just proves she's getting better!
Four hundred pounds or more of muscle, saw-toothed canines, four-inch claws, nasty temper---Ursus horribilis . . . The Grizzly Bear.
Even Anna Pigeon is forced to reexamine her 'spiritual connection' to all of God's creatures when she is assigned to work on a scientific project that has her hanging out lures of blood and guts to attract the big grizzlies in Glacier National Park.
Four hundred pounds or more of muscle.Saw-toothed canines.Four-inch claws.Nasty temper...Even Anna Pigeon,the the district park ranger who strides fearlessly through this invigorating series,is forced to reexamine her (spiritual connection) to all of God's creatures when she is assigned to work on a scientific project that has her hanging out lures of blood and guts to attract the big grizzlies in Glacier National Park.Anna still manages to snatch those occasional moments of solitary communing with nature that makes her an inspirational wilderness guide.But there's no time for meditation when a rampaging bear attack the trsearchers campsite.
Of all the wonders of nature evoked in Nevada Barr's national parks mysteries, none stirs the imagination quite like Ursus horribilis - the grizzly bear. Four hundred pounds of muscle. Saw toothed canines. Four inch claws. Nasty temper...even Anna Pigeon, the district park ranger who strides fearlessly through this invigorating series, is forced to reexamine her spiritual connection to God's creatures when she is assigned to work on a scientific project that has her hanging out lures of blood and guts to attract the big grizzlies in Glacier National Park. Anna still manages to snatch those occasional moments of solitary communing with nature that make her an inspirational wilderness guide. But there's no time for meditation when a rampaging bear attackes the researchers' campsite...
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