The Rope

An Anna Pigeon Mystery, Book 17

By: Nevada Barr

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

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 into the ranger she became.

Thirty-five years old, fresh off the bus from New York City, and nursing a shattered heart, Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. On her day off, she 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. Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she got into this situation.

As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that someone has trapped her there, in an inescapable prison, and that 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, strength, and will to live that she didn’t even know she still possessed in order to survive, outwit, and triumph.

Investigate more mysterious doings with Anna Pigeon.©2012 Nevada Barr (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Great plot

Always love Anna pigeon the twists were great didn't see it coming. highly recommend it.

Well Narrated, Crazy Tense

Well Narrate. I got used to Ms. Rosenblat, I like Ms. Bean's work as well. But also, Wow! The beginning, the Prequel. How'd she end up so badass? Well, it wasn't easy. Also, I'd just like to hang out with Anna and Jenny. Sexual tension aside, someone as smart and with as much bad-ass-potential. Fun listen. Hard to turn off. So many spots where I was tensing for a blow! Crazy Tensr!

The Rope

Joyce Bean did a good job narrating the story. This is book 17 in the Anna Pigeon Series but this book goes back and explains how she became a Ranger. Barr provides beautiful description of the Lake Powell National Park, felt like I was there. The story provides lots of suspense and nail biting action that keeps one glued to the IPod.

Love Nevada Barr

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This books comes alive in my mind with the detailed writing.

What about Joyce Bean’s performance did you like?

Love her voice.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The description of the wilderness.

Must suspend disbelief

I usually like Anna Pigeon stories, but it just too hard to follow one horrible situation after another that she manages to get out of... and a bit too dark for me.