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Deep South by Nevada Barr

Deep South

by Nevada Barr
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  • First Published:
  • Mar 1, 2000, 352 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Feb 2001, 368 pages
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Deep South proves that, "like the parks and monuments she writes of, Nevada Barr should be declared a national treasure"

"What lifts the Anna Pigeon novels far above most of the other contemporary amateur sleuth mysteries is Barr's exquisite writing--it swoops, it soars, sails then catches you unawares beneath the heart and takes your breath away," proclaimed the Cleveland Plain Dealer of last year's Liberty Falling. In Deep South, Nevada Barr takes our breath away once again as her heroine travels cross-country to Mississippi, only to encounter terrible secrets in the heart of the south.

The handwritten sign on the tree said it all: REPENT. For Anna Pigeon, this should have been reason enough to turn back for her beloved Mesa Verde. Instead she heads for the Natchez Trace Parkway and the promotion that awaits her. Almost immediately, she finds herself in the midst of controversy: as the new district ranger, she faces resentment so extreme her ability to do her job may be compromised, and her life may very well be in danger. But all thoughts of personal safety are set aside with the discovery of a young girl's body in a country cemetery, a sheet around her head, a noose around her neck.

The kudzu is thick and green, the woods dark and full of secrets. And the ghosts of violence hover as Anna struggles for answers to questions that, perhaps, should never be asked. Deep South proves that, "like the parks and monuments she writes of, Nevada Barr should be declared a national treasure" (The Bloomsbury Review)

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In this eighth Anna Pigeon mystery, Barr paints a luminous picture of the geography and the people of the Natchez Trace. Anna is a delight - a tough, independent, funny, and slightly jaded middle-aged woman in a man's profession.

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[A]nother suspenseful and highly atmospheric mystery, illuminated .. by her trademark lyricism in writing about the natural world.

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