Winner of the Agatha Award, this is the first gripping novel in the series that inspired the USA Network series ANNA PIGEON
Park ranger Anna Pigeon has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the wilderness—and finding murder instead....
Patrolling in remote backcountry, Anna’s first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna’s rage knows no bounds. It’s up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the locals—and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare....
"Extraordinary...the pages leap to life." —USA Today
"Powerful writing and deft characterizations...a winning novel." —Faye Kellerman
"Thrilling...Ms. Barr has a naturalist's eye for detail and an environmentalist's fury at the destruction of the wilderness and its creatures." —New York Times Book Review
Formerly an actress and a park ranger, Nevada Barr is now the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon mysteries and numerous other books and short stories. She lives in New Orleans with her husband and various pets.
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Winner of the Agatha Award, this is the first gripping novel in the series that inspired the USA Network series ANNA PIGEON
Park ranger Anna Pigeon has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the wilderness—and finding murder instead....
Patrolling in remote backcountry, Anna’s first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna’s rage knows no bounds. It’s up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the locals—and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare....
Praise
"Extraordinary...the pages leap to life." —USA Today
"Powerful writing and deft characterizations...a winning novel." —Faye Kellerman
"Thrilling...Ms. Barr has a naturalist's eye for detail and an environmentalist's fury at the destruction of the wilderness and its creatures." —New York Times Book Review
Author
Formerly an actress and a park ranger, Nevada Barr is now the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling author of the Anna Pigeon mysteries and numerous other books and short stories. She lives in New Orleans with her husband and various pets.
View titles by Nevada Barr
