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May 22, 2016 boar island by nevada barr is a superior installment in the authors mystery series about anna pigeon, national park service ranger. Barr has continued to write anna pigeon mysteries as well as other stories, novels, and articles. Anna pigeon, in her career as a national park service ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyberbullying and stalking is a new one. She has a growing number of anna pigeon mysteries to her credit as well as numerous other books, short stories, and articles. Her first novel was published in 1983 and she started her anna pigeon mystery series with track of the cat in 1993. The character of anna is middleaged, small, wiry, and wears her graying hair in a long braid. Nevada barrs 14th parkbased mystery novel, winter study, is a new york times best seller. Barrs work, indeed, usually contains a strong regard for the landscape and some equally strong opinions about the national park service.
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