Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency. Barr’s gift for depicting breathtaking scenery elevates the story, as does Anna’s complex, ever-evolving personality.

Publishers Weekly (starred review) In Nevada Barrs New York. She currently resides in New Orleans with her husband, four magical cats, and two adorable dogs. DVDs and Cds have been resurfaced and are guaranteed to play.

She has a growing number of Anna Pigeon mysteries to her credit as well as numerous other books, short stories, and articles. Barr touches again on her recurring theme, that man is the biggest threat in nature, as Anna works unseen to disarm the thugs and free her friends. Nevada Barr is an award-winning novelist and New York Times best-selling author. On their second night, four armed men invade the campsite while Anna is on a solo canoe float. For Leah, the trip also is a “shakedown cruise” to test a new line of equipment to make the outdoors accessible to the handicapped. The themes of the books are about murders that are committed in the national parks and are often due to issues with natural resources. She is a law enforcement ranger for the United States National Park Service. In DESTROYER ANGEL (Minotaur, 26.99), Barr takes this insight to a disturbing new level by allowing her series detective, the National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon, to test her belief. Anna’s first vacation since her honeymoon three years earlier doubles as a get-together with Heath Jarrod, a paraplegic Heath’s daughter, Elizabeth Leah Hendricks, who designs outdoor gear and Leah’s daughter, Katie. Anna Pigeon is the main character in a series of books by Nevada Barr. Bestseller Barr’s gripping 18th Anna Pigeon novel (after 2012’s The Rope) takes the National Park Service ranger on an autumn camping trip along the Fox River of the Iron Range in upstate Minnesota.

Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr