num_pages: 303
description: Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price.“An eventful, characterful story with a slambang denouement,” said the Los Angeles Times about Track of the Cat, “set in a wilderness environment Barr knows, loves, and describes with poetic passion.” In that book—hailed as “one of the best novels of the year” (Thomas Gifford, USA Today), “superior” (San Francisco Chronicle), and “a real find” (Tony Hillerman)—Anna Pigeon’s debut was welcomed resoundingly by writers, critics, and other readers. In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends Ranger Pigeon to a new post amid the cold, deserted, and isolated beauty of Isle Royale National Park, a remote island off the coast of Michigan known for fantastic deepwater dives of wrecked sailing vessels.Leaving behind memories of the Texas high desert and the environmental scam she helped uncover, Anna is adjusting to the cool damp of Lake Superior and the spirits and lore of the northern Midwest. But when a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship.Written with a naturalist’s feel for the wilderness and a keen understanding of characters who thrive in extreme conditions, A Superior Death is a passionate, atmospheric page-turner.
language: English
title: A Superior Death
titlecomplete: A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)
characters: Lucas Vega, Jim Tattinger, Scotty Butkus, Sandra Fox, Denny Castle, Holly Bradshaw, Damien Coggins-Clarke, Frederick Stanton, Ralph Pilcher, Anna Pigeon, Hawk Bradshaw, Patience Bittner, Christina Walters, Jo Castle, Tinker Coggins-Clarke
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Nature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 11373
places: Isle Royale, Michigan, Michigan
series: Anna Pigeon 
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Dilys Award
publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons