Wednesday, March 10, 2004

High Country, by Nevada Barr

(0399151443)

Hmph. A bit contrived at the beginning: Anna is a waitress, making nice to visitors to Yosemite in the lodge's restaurant while trying to find out why 4 young people disappeared several months earlier.

Not Barr's best work, but still you just gotta love Anna. She seems to have mellowed now that she's got a guy waiting for her back in in Mississippi. She's a bit more patient with people, and less abrasive than normal. That's weird, but I guess it makes sense because of her current job and her personal life. Still, she gets a few shots across at people who annoy the piss out of her. And she has her requisite brush with death, this time she nearly freezes AND bleeds to death...

The 'bad guy' was a little surprising. Yes, I'll keep reading her, but this was coasting.

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