It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National park's historic Ahwahnee hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators arc unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own--or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining-room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indications of a sickness threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. But when Anna's life is threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trail to the high country, seeking answers. What waits for her is a nightmare of death and greed--and perhaps her final adventure.
Written by Anonymous from Mt. Hermon, CA
on April 5th, 2007
Book Rating: 2/5
Began as an interesting story but quit at disc 3 as way to much crude language for my taste.
Not Barr's best
Written by Shane Nixon from Burlington, NC
on June 12th, 2006
Book Rating: 2/5
I was turning into a HUGE Barr fan and was ready to build a statue to Anna Pigeon. Let's just say the plans for the fan club are still on, but not with as much zeal.
About two to many twists and turns for my liking on this one. Good story, but it could have done with more development of one sub plot instead of the dropping of several little not so subtle twists. To many near misses to be even remotely believable, and while I read Barr to escape, I need it to be a little believable.
I still can't wait for the next Anna Pigeon story, but now it is to take the taste of this one OUT of my mouth!
