Hard Truth (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
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Overview
Just three days after her wedding to Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon moves from Mississippi to Colorado to assume her new post as district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park, where three young girls have disappeared during a religious retreat. Two of the children emerge a month later, clad only in filthy underwear and claiming to remember nothing of the intervening weeks. The girls are traumatized but forge a bond with the pair of campers who discovered them a wheelchair-bound paraplegic and her elderly aunt.
With the reappearance of the children comes an odd and unsettling presence in the park, a sense of disembodied evil and unspeakable terror: small animals are mercilessly slaughtered and a sinister force seems to still control the girls. As Anna investigates, she finds herself caught up in the machinations of a paranoid religious sect determined to keep their secrets and the girls sequestered from law enforcement and psychiatric help.
Following the trails of the many suspects, especially that of the cult's intense youth group leader, Anna discovers the force which has destroyed the children's minds. Here in the park, evil has the eyes of a visionary and the soul of the devil. Anna will discover the truth even if it kills her.
With the reappearance of the children comes an odd and unsettling presence in the park, a sense of disembodied evil and unspeakable terror: small animals are mercilessly slaughtered and a sinister force seems to still control the girls. As Anna investigates, she finds herself caught up in the machinations of a paranoid religious sect determined to keep their secrets and the girls sequestered from law enforcement and psychiatric help.
Following the trails of the many suspects, especially that of the cult's intense youth group leader, Anna discovers the force which has destroyed the children's minds. Here in the park, evil has the eyes of a visionary and the soul of the devil. Anna will discover the truth even if it kills her.
Reviews (7)
Hard Truth
Written by Jean from Santa Cruz, CA on November 15th, 2008
- Book Rating: 4/5
This was my first Anna Pigeon book. I enjoyed it. The Park Ranger information was most interesting. The book was fast paced: the book was abr. so may be it was a bit too short for me. I would recommend this story to anyone wanting a quick interesting story.
My first AP Mystery
Written by Shane Nixon from Burlington, NC on January 30th, 2006
- Book Rating: 4/5
REALLY GOOD! I had not read the Anna Pigeon line before, and I liked this one. Loved the plot, loved the characters. I saw from other reviewers that this one was "to graphic" and "violent", I didn't experience that and in fact was a little disappointed in that detail, but not to a point of discontent. I cannot wait to read the next one, and hope there are many more Anna Pigeon stories to come. One other thing, narrator was better than average here, though for the characters involved, I think a man reading it might have been better. I know with the main character being female that sounds crazy, but I just think it would have for some reason. Again, this lady was fine, I enjoyed her reading! GOOD READ!
hard truth
Written by Annie Ludwig from Taholah, WA on August 17th, 2005
- Book Rating: 4/5
A great Anna Pigeon story, as always!!! I always enjoy this series
Hard Truth
Written by Diane Pagel on July 18th, 2005
- Book Rating: 5/5
Alway enjoy listening to Nevada Barr books while driving to work. Would recommend
Hard Truth
Written by Anonymous on July 8th, 2005
- Book Rating: 1/5
I was SO disappointed in this book. The story line was so choppy that I thought I was listening to an abridged version of the book instead of Unabridged - although honestly, if more content meant more of the gory details about victimizing, torturing and raping women that were pervasive throughout the book - NO THANK YOU! Nevada Barr, what happened here? Where is the funny, loving interactions between Anna and her sister, Molly? Or mentions of her dog and cat left at home? So much of the Anna Pigeon character we know and love (flaws and all) were missing. I hope she's back in Barr's next book...
Hard Truth (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) [uab]
Written by Annette Kordgien on June 4th, 2005
- Book Rating: 4/5
i have been listening/reading the Anna Prigeon series for some time. Love the suspence...the twists and turns. Keeps you guessing.
Hard Truth
Written by Kc on May 28th, 2005
- Book Rating: 1/5
Strong women open this story-not particularly young nor gorgeous nor glamorous women-just strong and smart and very real. The story draws us in through their wit, their musings on the meaning of life, God and nature. The setting is the incomparable Rocky Mountain National Park, lovingly painted in words. That's why it was so disconcerting to find the book's last third devoted to an excruciatingly detailed account of torture, rape and other horrific attacks on the women and the girls they’re trying to save. A truly evil psychotic serial killer takes over the story. He’s eventually captured, but Barr simply wallows in the gory details of the victimization of the women and girls. I could not listen to most of it. The ending is quite unbelievable: Anna survives nearly two days of torture and then finds herself squinting peacefully into the sun a few hours later, musing about life. Ridiculous. Anna's strength instantly becomes a caricature of itself-unreal and ultimately unsatisfying.