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Title details for Boar Island by Nevada Barr - Available

Boar Island

#19 in series

by Nevada Barr
Barbara Rosenblat
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Nevada Barr brings National Park Ranger Anna Pigeon to the wild beauty of Acadia National Park in the New York Times bestseller, Boar Island
Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors, but cyber-bullying and stalking is a new one. The target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage daughter of her friend Heath Jarrod. Elizabeth is driven to despair by the disgusting rumors spreading online and bullying texts. Until, one day, Heath finds her daughter Elizabeth in the midst of an unsuccessful suicide attempt. And then she calls in the cavalry—-her aunt Gwen and her friend Anna Pigeon.
While they try to deal with the fragile state of affairs—-and find the person behind the harassment—-the three adults decide the best thing to do is to remove Elizabeth from the situation. Since Anna is about to start her new post as Acting Chief Ranger at Acadia National Park in Maine, the three will join her and stay at a house on the cliff of a small island near the park, Boar Island.
But the move east doesn't solve the problem. The stalker has followed them east. And Heath (a paraplegic) and Elizabeth aren't alone on the otherwise deserted island. At the same time, Anna has barely arrived at Acadia before a brutal murder is committed by a killer uncomfortably close to her.
BOAR ISLAND is a brilliant intertwining of past and present, of victims and killers, in a compelling audiobook that could only come from Nevada Barr.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Anna Pigeon

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 17, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427272515
      • File size: 354445 KB
      • Duration: 12:18:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In the nineteenth Anna Pigeon novel, Barbara Rosenblat delivers her usual riveting performance as the National Park Service ranger. In Boulder, Colorado, Anna's 16-year-old goddaughter, Elizabeth, is the victim of sexual harassment and cyberbullying. After Elizabeth attempts suicide, Anna convinces her best friend, Heath, Elizabeth's adoptive mother, to leave Boulder and accompany her on special assignment to Acadia National Park in Maine. Rosenblat sounds exactly as you'd expect the frustrated, depressed teenager to sound, and as Heath attempts to cope with her daughter's issues and adjust to her own recent disabilities, Rosenblat is completely convincing. Add a murder investigation, an abusive husband, identical twins, a couple of kidnappings, the gorgeous Maine landscape, and Rosenblat's expertise--and you have the makings of first-rate listening. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 7, 2016
      In bestseller Barr’s fast-paced but sometimes predictable 19th Anna Pigeon novel (after 2014’s Destroyer Angel), the National Park Service ranger accepts a short-term assignment in Maine’s Acadia National Park. She’s joined by her friend Heath Jarrod, Heath’s spry Aunt Gwen Littleton, and 16-year-old Elizabeth, Heath’s adopted daughter and Anna’s goddaughter, who has been targeted by a vicious cyberstalker at home in Boulder, Colo. They soon realize that the stalker has followed Elizabeth to Maine, but because of jurisdictional issues and vague laws, the local police can do little. Meanwhile, Anna becomes involved in a murder investigation that pits her against a pathologically cunning, increasingly unstable adversary. Barr excels at conveying the often harsh realities faced by lobstermen and their families, though her depiction of the antagonist is less compelling and fails to achieve nuance or dimension. Still, readers looking for a lively escape in a rugged, brutal, but magnificent landscape should find plenty to enjoy. 150,000 first printing; author tour. Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.