Endangered Species (Anna Pigeon Mysteries Book 5)

Nevada Barr always gives many options for The Who done it and how!Anna is complicated and dedicated and gets to the point L, a good read!,

I love Anna and her no nonsense approach to life. I did get lost a few times with the use of first and last names of characters being interchanged so often. However, I still enjoyed the story.

Another great plot. Anna is a real person. I feel like I know her. Have to keep reading just to keep her in my life.

Anna Pigeon is now on fire fighting duty on Cumberland Island off Georgia, nesting grounds of the rare loggerhead turtles. There’s no fire yet, only the conditions for fire, so the crew is on presupression detail.A drug interdiction plane has been buzzing around the area looking for marijuana crops from the air. When it crashes, Anna gets assigned to help the aviation investigators. But as usual, Anna goes much deeper than the official investigation. Her sleuthing juices are stimulated when it becomes clear theat the plane was sabotaged. Since two men died in the crash, it's daunting to figure out which one was meant to be the target.The island is home to wild horses deer and wild pigs, and full of rattlesnakes, spiders and ticks. Anna is beleaguered by chiggers and ticks in this book, well as well suffering assaults from the human species. Between the insects and the heat, this is no island paradise.As usual there are plenty of interpersonal dramas among the park personnel, and Nevada Barr's characters are always vibrant and interesting. There's also an unexpected development in this book with FBI agent Frederick Stanton, Anna's long-distance boyfriend.I really like this series. Nevada Barr never fails to keep me riveted to the page.

Great book!

NO SPOILER HERE! I will not give you a “Reader’s Digest” condensed version of this book.Nevada Barr’s Anna Pigeon series is an exceptional creation. It is unique in that each one of the books is set in a different National Park, though there are some doubles. Ms. Barr’s descriptions of the park, the inner workings of the National Park System, history, environment, flora, fauna and applicable issues make reading these mysteries a fulfilling adventure. Like many such series, it will serve the reader well to read them in order. This isn’t necessary as each mystery will stand alone quite well. But Anna’s personal story is the thread that makes the series complete. Anna herself is a masterful creation. Human, flawed, introspective, complex, she is the window through which the reader sees much of the beauty our National Park System has to offer. From Mesa Verde, the Florida Keys, Lake Superior to environments that are dry, wet, cold, and hot, the drastically changing settings and Anna’s evolving personal life keep this series fresh and engaging. It will be no surprise to the reader that Ms. Barr is a former Park Ranger. I’ll admit I haven’t read the last three books in the series – with good reason. They are my emergency kit. When I have waded through a piece of substandard literary junk and need a dose of quality writing, an Anna Pigeon mystery is a perfect fix.

I really liked this book but for some reason it took me forever to read it. I think it was about 2 weeks I would normally expect about 3 or 4 days.These book are just very enjoyable if you are interested in detective style mysteries and or the great outdoors.

Okay, so my title contains two words that aren't words. But I didn't want to keep repeating myself.Nevada Barr's storytelling skills and rich prose teleport you right into the middle of the park, the story, and the mind of her heroine Anna Pigeon. You can feel the oppressive humidity, feel your heartbeat accelerate with adrenaline when dangers lurk or suddenly appear and attack in this story. It's hard to talk about without giving anything away. I doubt that even knowing where the story is going could turn this into a boring predictable book. It's one of those wonderful books you could actually read twice and still enjoy.You don't even realize how easily you've surrendered the here and now to the world Barr has described and created for Anna Pigeon's adventures.I find myself now working with a former National Park Law Enforcement Officer/Ranger, and she knows the Nevada Barr "Ranger Pigeon" series well. She had nothing but praise for the technical details and politics of the job that Barr relates.This book is wowable... Oops, I did it again!

well written series of novels full of suspense once started difficult to pu down. Nevada Barrs Anna Pigeon series is first class

Good read