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Violence
Some
A historical murder mystery and a present-day crime; mild violence in both timelines
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
Some
The specific isolation of a remote island fortress; the historical story as a parallel to the present investigation
What this book is about
Anna Pigeon is posted to the Dry Tortugas — the remote island fortress at the end of the Florida Keys — and discovers the diaries of a woman who was imprisoned at Fort Jefferson during the Civil War. The novel alternates between the 1865 story, which is its own mystery, and Anna's investigation of a present-day crime. Nevada Barr's thirteenth Anna Pigeon novel is her most formally ambitious — the dual timeline — and the remote tropical island setting is one of the series' most atmospheric. The historical mystery is as carefully constructed as the contemporary one.
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thirteenth Anna Pigeon novel by Nevada Barr; dual timeline with Civil War history
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