Hard Truth

I didn't even make it through the first CD. The characters seemed very contrived and the plot was not engaging.

This was my first Anna Pigeon book. I enjoyed it. The Park Ranger information was most interesting. The book was fast paced: the book was abr. so may be it was a bit too short for me. I would recommend this story to anyone wanting a quick interesting story.

REALLY GOOD! I had not read the Anna Pigeon line before, and I liked this one. Loved the plot, loved the characters. I saw from other reviewers that this one was "to graphic" and "violent", I didn't experience that and in fact was a little disappointed in that detail, but not to a point of discontent. I cannot wait to read the next one, and hope there are many more Anna Pigeon stories to come. One other thing, narrator was better than average here, though for the characters involved, I think a man reading it might have been better. I know with the main character being female that sounds crazy, but I just think it would have for some reason. Again, this lady was fine, I enjoyed her reading! GOOD READ!

A great Anna Pigeon story, as always!!! I always enjoy this series

Alway enjoy listening to Nevada Barr books while driving to work. Would recommend

I was SO disappointed in this book. The story line was so choppy that I thought I was listening to an abridged version of the book instead of Unabridged - although honestly, if more content meant more of the gory details about victimizing, torturing and raping women that were pervasive throughout the book - NO THANK YOU! Nevada Barr, what happened here? Where is the funny, loving interactions between Anna and her sister, Molly? Or mentions of her dog and cat left at home? So much of the Anna Pigeon character we know and love (flaws and all) were missing. I hope she's back in Barr's next book...

i have been listening/reading the Anna Prigeon series for some time. Love the suspence...the twists and turns. Keeps you guessing.

Strong women open this story-not particularly young nor gorgeous nor glamorous women-just strong and smart and very real. The story draws us in through their wit, their musings on the meaning of life, God and nature. The setting is the incomparable Rocky Mountain National Park, lovingly painted in words. That's why it was so disconcerting to find the book's last third devoted to an excruciatingly detailed account of torture, rape and other horrific attacks on the women and the girls they’re trying to save. A truly evil psychotic serial killer takes over the story. He’s eventually captured, but Barr simply wallows in the gory details of the victimization of the women and girls. I could not listen to most of it. The ending is quite unbelievable: Anna survives nearly two days of torture and then finds herself squinting peacefully into the sun a few hours later, musing about life. Ridiculous. Anna's strength instantly becomes a caricature of itself-unreal and ultimately unsatisfying.