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ILL WIND, by Nevada Barr.
Cover copy: When national park ranger Anna Pigeon needs to find peace, she turns to nature for solace. Lucky for her, it's close at hand -- but then again, so is murder...
Newly assigned to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Anna is enthralled by its ruins: the ancient cliff dwellings of a vanished Native American civilization. But Anna's reverie is shattered by an inexplicable illness affecting visitors to a popular landmark -- and two mysterious tragedies: the death of a child...and the murder of a friend. Now she must find the very human source of the evil wind that is blowing through the ruins. For it threatens more innocent lives -- including Anna's own...
Gender of detective: female
Holy shit, is there a lot left out of that summary. There's the emotional entanglement (not an affair, not yet) that Anna's having with the friend who gets murdered, Anna's other friend who's getting stalked by her ex, the fed who shows up who may or may not have a thing for Anna...I'm probably creating the false impression that this is one of those mysteries with all sorts of soap-opera-esque sub-plots, and it's not true. It's mostly that, despite this clearly being part of a series, it doesn't assume that you know everyone already. The characters are allowed space and depth and agency.
This book was left behind in the break room where I work. I read it there. Go figure.
*
Someday, I promise
to write a haiku for you.
This is not that time.
Team Mariposa, Blogathon 2010, entering Haiku Power Hour, yo. Sponsor me.
Cover copy: When national park ranger Anna Pigeon needs to find peace, she turns to nature for solace. Lucky for her, it's close at hand -- but then again, so is murder...
Newly assigned to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Anna is enthralled by its ruins: the ancient cliff dwellings of a vanished Native American civilization. But Anna's reverie is shattered by an inexplicable illness affecting visitors to a popular landmark -- and two mysterious tragedies: the death of a child...and the murder of a friend. Now she must find the very human source of the evil wind that is blowing through the ruins. For it threatens more innocent lives -- including Anna's own...
Gender of detective: female
Holy shit, is there a lot left out of that summary. There's the emotional entanglement (not an affair, not yet) that Anna's having with the friend who gets murdered, Anna's other friend who's getting stalked by her ex, the fed who shows up who may or may not have a thing for Anna...I'm probably creating the false impression that this is one of those mysteries with all sorts of soap-opera-esque sub-plots, and it's not true. It's mostly that, despite this clearly being part of a series, it doesn't assume that you know everyone already. The characters are allowed space and depth and agency.
This book was left behind in the break room where I work. I read it there. Go figure.
*
Someday, I promise
to write a haiku for you.
This is not that time.
Team Mariposa, Blogathon 2010, entering Haiku Power Hour, yo. Sponsor me.