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Anna Pigeon: Book 0

The Rope (2012) (edit title/settings)

by Nevada Barr (Author) (edit contributors)

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Anna Pigeon has been a ranger with the National Park Service for many years, but she had a very different life before tragedy sent her west seeking something new. Now Nevada Barr finally tells the previously untold story of Anna’s first foray into the wild, and the case that helped shape her... read more

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Anna Pigeon's first case -- this is the story her fans have been clamoring for...this is where it all starts.

In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr's bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together the many strings of Anna's past and finally reveals the story that... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Anna Pigeon's first case -- this is the story her fans have been clamoring for...this is where it all starts.

In The Rope, the latest in Nevada Barr's bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, Nevada Barr gathers together the many strings of Anna's past and finally reveals the story that her many fans have been long asking for. In 1995 and 35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City and nursing a broken heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she's simply moved on -- her cabin is cleaned out and her things gone. But Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she found herself in this situation.

As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that someone has trapped her there, in an inescapable prison, and no one knows that she is even missing. Plunged into a landscape and a plot she is unfit and untrained to handle, Anna Pigeon must muster the courage, determination and will to live that she didn't even know she still possessed to survive, outwit and triumph.

For those legions of readers who have been entranced over the years by Park Ranger Anna Pigeon's strength and determination and those who are new to Nevada Barr's captivating, compelling novels, this is where it all starts.

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  • Anna Pigeon: The intrepid park ranger and detective. A US Park Ranger who protects US lands and solves mysteries?
  • Regis Candor: Anna's next door neighbor at Dangling Rope. He is the HR person for the site.
  • Jenny Gorman: Another seasonal who is Anna's roommate. AKA "The fecal queen," a permanent water quality employee at Lake Powell. Lesbian, and shares quarters with Anna, Bethie and Regis, and two other temps.
  • Zachary: Anna's late husband.
  • Jim Leavett: Law enforcement officer at the park.
  • Andrew Madden: Chief Ranger
  • Steve Gluck: District Ranger
  • Bethy Candor: Regis's wife and Anna and Jenny's neighbor.
  • Beatice: Nurse Practicioner at health clinic
  • Katherine Nelson: aka Kay. Murdered young woman who was in Solution hole with Anna.
  • Caleb Fieldhouse: Tatooed young man that Anna saw attacking Kay.
  • Adam Toleodano: Another attacker of Kay.
  • Buddy: skunk kit
  • Molly Pigeon: Anna's sister, psychiatrist in NYC
  • Jason Mannings: College-aged vacationer at Lake Powell.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Regis Candor took a swig of his beer and watched his neighbor, Jenny Gorman.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 0 of 17 in Anna Pigeon. (standard series)

Followed by Track of the Cat.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Nevada Barr (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Country: uSA
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
ISBN: 978-0312614577
Page Count: 368

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3552.A73184R67 2012
  • Dewey: 813.54

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