Winter Study

Publisher Marketing: It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have its own pack of the magnificent, much-maligned animals. She s lodging in the island s bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security, who are assessing the study with an eye to opening the park in the winters an act that would effectively bring an end to the fifty-year project so that the area can be manned to secure the scrap of border with Canada. Soon after Anna s arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the group to believe that perhaps a wolf/dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary. Alone on an island without electricity or running water, with temperatures hovering around zero both day and night, Anna fights not only for the wolves but for her own survival as well." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 12/01/2007 pg. 86 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 02/25/2008 pg. 57 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Library Journal 03/15/2008 pg. 62 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Booklist 02/15/2008 pg. 5 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 04/13/2008 pg. 30 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Romantic Times 05/01/2008 pg. 82 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 12/07/2008 pg. 62 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2009 pg. 8 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 45 (EAN 9780399154584, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Barr, Nevada Nevada Barr is the author of the series of "New York Times" bestselling novels featuring Anna Pigeon, a law enforcement park ranger. Her novels include "Winter Study", "Borderline" and "Burn". She won the Agatha Award for Best First Novel for "Track of the Cat". Like her character, Barr worked for the National Park Service as a park ranger before resigning to write full time. She had postings to such parks as Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas (where Anna Pigeon was created) and Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. She lives in New Orleans. Contributor Bio:  Bean, Joyce Joyce Bean is an accomplished audiobook narrator and director. In addition to being an "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, she has been nominated multiple times for a prestigious Audie Award, including for "Good-bye and Amen" by Beth Gutcheon.