Suspenseful story. Anna Pigeon is helping with a bear study at the National Glaciers State Park. A camper is found dead and Anna is asked to help solve by the park director. Lots of twists and turns with an unusual outcome.

Audio/Very good Anna Pidgeon story as she is temporarily assigned to Glacier Natl Park to record grizzly bear activity by DNA methods. While on assignment, a murder occurs in the high country that appears to be by human, but in end was accidental by a huge grizzly that had been raised in captivity.

In the ninth book of the Anna Pigeon mystery series, Anna is sent to Glacier National Park to learn about DNA studies for park animal management. There were some really interesting passages about how this is done, and how scientists and rangers get data from bears and other animals.

Unfortunately, being up in Montana and in close proximity with bears, Anna and others on her team experience a frightening bear attack, and one member of the team goes missing. While they’re searching for him, they discover a body. As they’re piecing together information about what happened, it’s determined there may be a connection between the missing team member and the victim who was discovered. But what really happened and who is responsible?

I’ve read eight previous books in this series and every time I’m convinced I know “whodunit” I always turn out to be wrong. This one was a real surprise with a fun twist! I like that the mystery took us on some interesting twists and turns and that as always, there is a level of detail in describing daily park ranger life and the intricacies of bear baiting where I learn something new with every book.
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Anna Pigeon finds herself in Glacier National Park, working on a special project that involves setting out blood lures for bears. The lures bring bears to the trees where they are hung, and give researchers a chance to count bears in the park.

But of course hanging and taking down lures is not all that Anna does. While asleep in her tent with her co-worker, Anna is woken by what appears to be a rampaging bear, who tramples the tent and destroys much of the campsite. This behavior is not at all typical of the grizzlies and has Anna wondering.

Worse, though, is the discovery of a woman's body, apparently murdered.

Anna is on the case. She is reassigned to do some investigating, which she is always happy to do. Her investigating takes her far and wild into this huge park that spans two countries, and finally into the most remote regions of grizzly country itself. Anna becomes the hunted as well as the hunter.

There are many suspects, many possible motives, both for the death of the woman and for someone wanting to silence Anna. Will you be able to put together the clues, though?

Among the elements of this series that I like are the intimate views of these amazing parks, the connection with animals (in a good way), and the joy Anna apparently gets from using her body so completely. Not many of us are in the kind of shape one would need to be to do this kind of investigation. ( )

For lovers of a sense of place in their mysteries there is much to savor here. Barr loves the world about her. The descriptions, metaphors and musings are finely wrought and deeply respectful of that world. Which is not to say the plot wasn't terrific. It is fresh. I knew she was planting plenty of clues but she kept me guessing the whole way. A very enjoyable read. If you haven't tried the Anna Pigeon series you might want to give it a shot. ( )