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Mystery · 2008 · PG-13

Endangered Species

by Nevada Barr

Cumberland Island. A small plane crash. More than one person died who shouldn't have.

Tough, likable park ranger Anna Pigeon is back in another high-spirited outdoors adventure/mystery. Anna has been assigned a three-week posting on Georgia's isolated Cumberland Island. Despite the breathtaking natural setting, Anna finds time weighing heavily as she works tedious fire pre-suppression duty. Her boring routine is shattered when a sudden plane crash in the inland palmetto thickets calls her and the other members of the fire crew to action. When Anna and the crew investigate, they discover the plane was sabotaged. Suspicions smolder over the accident which killed both the pilot an

For14+GenreMysteryLength310 pagesRead time~8 hours

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Violence

Some

A murder staged as an accident; some danger from the isolated setting

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Mild romantic content

Substance Use

Barely any

Moderate drinking

Emotional Intensity

Some

The beauty of a preserved island as both setting and subject; the specific human pressures that threaten even the most protected places

What this book is about

Anna Pigeon is stationed at Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia — a barrier island accessible only by ferry, famous for its wild horses — when a small plane crashes and the investigation reveals that the crash was no accident. Nevada Barr's fifth Anna Pigeon mystery is set in one of the most distinctive and isolated of America's national park settings, and the island's inaccessibility creates the classic closed-room tension of the best mystery writing.

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fifth of the Anna Pigeon series

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