作品情報
深い南部の森と湿地で、自然の美しさは人間の暗部を隠している。
アンナ・ピジョン・シリーズの一作で、自然公園を舞台にした捜査と、土地に根づいた秘密が結びつきます。ネヴァダ・バーらしい自然描写が、犯罪小説の緊張と重なります。
レビュー要約
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土地の描写とシリーズ主人公の粘り強さが支持される。舞台の閉塞感や人間関係の重さを評価する読者がいる一方、進行の遅さを感じる読者もいる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Berkley
- 発売日
- 2001-02-06
- ページ数
- 384ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 10.67 x 2.46 x 17.09 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780425178959
- ISBN-10
- 0425178951
- 価格
- 2369 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery/Women Sleuths
Nevada Barr's ever-popular Anna Pigeon series is consistently praised as "exceptional" ( Denver Post ), "stunning" ( Seattle Times ), and "superb" ( New York Times Book Review ). In Deep South , Park Ranger Anna Pigeon heads to Mississippi, only to encounter terrible secrets in the heart of the south… Anna Pigeon finally gives in to her bureaucratic clock and signs on for a promotion. Next thing she knows, she's knee-deep in mud and Mississippi. Not exactly what she had in mind. Almost immediately, as the new district ranger on the Natchez Trace, Anna discovers the body of a young prom queen near a country cemetery, a sheet around her head and a noose around her neck. It's a morbind reminder of the town's prejudiced past, which the locals insist is long dormant. As fast as the ever-encroaching kudzu vines of the region, the roots of this story run deep-and threaten to suffocate anyone in the way, including Anna...
Formerly an actress and a park ranger, Nevada Barr is now an award-winning and New York Times –bestselling novelist and creator of the Anna Pigeon mysteries, and numerous other books and short stories. She lives in New Orleans with her husband and various pets.
レビュー
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Great Read
Really good book. Its interesting to me that some of the best and most successful authors (Baldacci, Isles, Grisham) write about Mississippi so much.
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Nice Discovery of a Great Author
This book is a murder mystery with several sub plots that tie together nicely. I never read this author before, so don't know if her books are 'formula written' or not. This one has great suspense and build-up. I enjoyed that the reader got to understand some of the background of the supporting characters.
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This is another excellent installment in the Anna Pigeon series.
My favorite aspect of Nevada Barr's books is the way she transports you to the scene (a different national park) in each book. Set on the Natchez Trace, this book is Barr at her best. You can almost feel and hear the menacing kudzu growing outside. Since I read this during a cold, snowy week in Iowa, that gives you an idea of Barr's skill. The story is tight and the characters well-drawn. It would be easy to present stereotypes in this setting, but Barr doesn't fall for that.
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Vivid visuals, good mystery
This is the first novel that I have read by Nevada Barr, but I plan to "go back" and read the rest in this series because I really enjoyed the Anna Pigeon character. Also, the book had vivid descriptions of the area and persons surrounding the Natchez Trace which added much to the tale. Anna has just assumed a management forest service job on the Natchez Trace. She is the first woman in such a position in this area of the "Deep South," and is subject to significant animosity on several fronts, especially from her two long-timer subordinates. Unfortunately, within days a local girl is found murdered in her jurisdiction, under peculiar circumstances. Along with her charming counterpart in the Sherrif's office, Anna dives into the investigation, although she has little understanding of the relationships and dynamics among the locals. This is not the most suspenseful page-turner that I have read, although the mystery remains well-concealed until the end. It is, however, a very pleasant read. I highly recommend it.
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DS
Anna Pigeon' s exploits in Mississippi ran very true from a Southern girls recollections. Very well written, even with memory magic of kudzu vines smell of grape. I love Nevada BARR!
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