The Rope
Anna Pigeon's First Case
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4.1 • 283 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr finally reveals the story that her fans have been clamoring for: Anna Pigeon's first case.
In 1995—35 years old, fresh off the bus from New York City, and nursing a broken heart—Anna Pigeon takes a decidedly unglamorous job as a seasonal employee of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. On her day off, Anna goes hiking into the park never to return. Her co-workers think she's simply moved on; her cabin is cleaned out and her things are gone. But Anna herself wakes up, trapped at the bottom of a dry natural well, naked, without supplies and no clear memory of how she found herself in this situation.
As she slowly pieces together her memory, it soon becomes clear that someone has trapped her there, in an inescapable prison, and no one knows that she is even missing. Plunged into a landscape and a plot she is unfit and untrained to handle, Anna Pigeon must muster the courage, determination and will to live that she didn't even know she still possessed to survive, outwit and triumph.
For those legions of readers who have been entranced over the years by Park Ranger Anna Pigeon's strength and determination, and for those who are new to Nevada Barr's captivating, compelling series, The Rope is where it all starts.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in 1995, bestseller Barr's exciting 17th Anna Pigeon thriller (after 2010's Burn) takes readers where they've wanted to go for years to Anna's beginnings as a park ranger. Having left her life as a stage manager in New York City, 35-year-old Anna takes on a seasonal job in a canyon wilderness park on the shores of Lake Powell in Arizona. Ten days later, co-worker Jenny Gorman and others are idly wondering why she walked off the job without saying good-bye. The answer is that Anna lies naked, dazed, and injured at the bottom of a dry well. All Anna remembers at first is that she went for a hike in the desert, and now she's at the mercy of an unknown assailant. When Jenny learns that Anna may not have left voluntarily, she begins to search. Meanwhile, Anna escapes after her attacker returns to the well or was that really her attacker? Misdirection and a rising body count ratchet up the tension. 150,000 first printing; author tour.
Customer Reviews
Outstanding
Interesting view into the psyche of Anna Pigeon. There is obviously still more to the story, as it should be. Bet you want to reread the first story again!
Exquisitely Intricate
A tightly coiled series of events that overlap into an amazing breath holding finale. Anna Pigeon rises up, in this story of her first NPS job as a seasonal interpreter, from her prior loss and gains a sense of self and physical strength.
Wonderful descriptions of wrenching experiences that would have broken most people, but not Anna.
Thanks for the words, Nevada Barr.
Not slightly plausible.
The character Anna could not be so absolutely stupid in all the actions in this book. Waste of $ and time.