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3.0�toiles sur 5 Unlikely, Sep 14 2003

Par	Dan Schobert (Plover, Wisconsin) - Voir tous mes commentaires

I've recently finished listening to the Recorded Books (unabridged) version of this work with narration by Barbara Rosenblat. She does a fine job transfering the dialect from the printed page to the human ear, not an easy task. I am not one very much attracted to works of fiction, largely because I find it difficult to imagine an individual really going through the experiences reported. This is what I felt in the story by Navada Barr. While she paints some interesting pictures of life in Mississippi, it seemed to me to be a bit unrealistic that Anna would get into so much trouble is such a short time frame. To have to deal with a murder, troublesome teens, a possible love affair and old civil war fans in the first week on the job seemed a bit much for me. As skilled as she may have been at her former post in Colorado, it is hard to imagine that the National Park Service would toss her into this new position without some kind of orientation to those things expected of her.
I am sure Barr has great ability in using descriptive language but perhaps should use that talent in travel books, not mystery novels.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Short n sweet, Jui 11 2003

Par	Mordeis C. Commander, Jr. "mordeis" (Chattanooga, TN United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: Deep South (Mass Market Paperback)

Having lived in in the south all my life & in Mississippi for a space of years, I found Nevada Barr's insight into the mentality of the south amazingly accurate ...having read many of her books I had made the mistake of *assuming* that she was from the southwest due to the accuracies there ... I was surprised to read that she is from Mississippi .. This book with it treatment of the racial situation twisted throughout the murder investigation with Ms Barr's other typical twists & turns to keep you guessing made this, for me, one of her best so far .. I bought my last two books by her based on her name alone ... immediately after finishing this one I ordered 5 more ... In my opinion she is one of the finest writers of this genre around today.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Better as a series than a single book, Mars 27 2003

Par	Len Czyzniejewski (Las Vegas, Nv United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Deep South (Mass Market Paperback)

I gather from the jacket and some of the text that this is part of an ongoing series of books dealing with the adventures of a female forest ranger/police officer. This one's adventure consists of a job transition from the Western United States to something about as far a different environment as possible. That is, modern day Mississippi.

As a stand-alone book, it's pretty good. There are two major areas of narration, the transition to a new part of the country, and a nasty murder to solve practically out of the gate. As murder mysteries go, it's OK. We find a body, track down acquaintances, and then get to figure out suspects and motive. As a murder mystery is usually a murder mystery, I always try to add what I learn about the world surrounding it as part of making it interesting. In this case, it's the world of Civil War enactors. We get just a glimpse of their world, but it's covered in much more detail, and much more interestingly in Elmore Leonards' "Tishomingo Blues".

The other area is the transition. I would have liked to have seen a longer novel where this area is explored. We do get some conflicts, especially because she's a woman. But they get into the murder right away, where and this part is left at the wayside. I would imagine that the topic will be explored in more depth in "the further adventures", which would get the SERIES a four-star rating. But as this detail is lacking in this particular book, I hold it to three stars.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 "Deep-fried kindness and cotton-mouthed hostilities"
I found this the most engrossing of the Anna Pidgeon mysteries, almost Literature in the scope of its concerns. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 27 2003 par tertius3

5.0�toiles sur 5 wonderful book
I just finished reading this book & it was so hard to put down. When Nevada Barr writes a book you feel like you are right there with Anna. Read more

Publi� le Janv. 25 2003

5.0�toiles sur 5 Barr Raises the Bar
"Deep South," the 8th entry in Nevada Barr's wonderful Anna Pigeon series, is definitely the best so far, especially as it comes after the somewhat lackluster "Liberty... Read more

Publi� le Nov. 1 2002 par W. Carol

5.0�toiles sur 5 good mystery, on the verge of great
Hey, this is only the 2nd Barr book I have read. The other one is liberty falling, and though the entire world appears to find that to be her best work, i would give that one only... Read more

Publi� le Sep 24 2002 par David Myers