13½

Nevada Barr has left the wooded trail that we have become used to in her Anna Pigeon, park ranger books and gone down a completely different path where the murderer is no longer cozy but is dark, dangerous and depraved!

When I first picked this book up I was discouraged that I wasn't going to get a feel for another one of our national parks while I also got to enjoy a well written and gripping mystery. The disappointment lifted quickly and I found myself staying up just a little longer and lingering just a bit more till I was able to finish this book.

I'll be sad if there aren't more Anna Pigeon novels but I'm ecstatic that Ms. Barr let us see the scary, depraved, twisted, messed up part of her writing psyche. Not just a good read but a Great Read!