The Rope

Yay! Anna Pigeon is back in the national parks where she belongs (loyal fans should skip Barr's last Pigeon novel, Burn, set in New Orleans). This book goes back in time to explore the incident that turned Anna on to NPS law enforcement in the first place. Barr always does a great job of balancing setting and character, and here she explores the very American tourists amid the wonders of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon. A great, engaging audiobook, even though Barbara Rosenblat, who voiced Anna in all the previous books, is here replaced by Joyce Bean.