High Country
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Nevada Barr
It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park. Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna's life if threatened and her temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trial to the high country, seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed - and perhaps her final adventure.
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Author
Nevada Barr
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2005-02-01
ISBN
1101133880 9781101133880
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"Nevada Barr always can be counted on for a good read and this is no exception. Great story, lots of suspense. Violence, so if you're squeamish be aware."
Nancy Gibson
"This is a classic example of a book I read because the setting interested me, but the story fell short. I didn’t dislike it per say, but I think it’s hard to jump into a series and pick up on all of the character’s idiosyncrasies right off the bat when the author has already done the leg work in other books. I liked the premise and it kept me interested enough to finish, but on a whole I HATE survivalist novels, and about a 3rd if this fell into that category. I loved reading about Yosemite though, I have a vested interest in national parks at the moment."
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Allie Peduto