"Readers familiar with Barr's entertaining national park
mystery series know that Anna rarely finds tranquility in
God's country. Her fans can only be grateful that there
are still plenty of national parks left for Anna Pigeon to
visit." (People)
When Anna answers a call to historic Mt.
Locust, once a producing plantation and inn on
Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway and now a tourist
spot, the last thing she expects to encounter is murder.
But the man Anna finds in the stand's old bedroom is no
tourist in distress. He's nearly naked, and very dead, his
body bearing marks consistent with an S&M ritual gone
awry. On a writing table nearby is an open Bible, ominous
passages circled in red.
It seems the deceased is the
brother of Raymond Barnette, local undertaker and a
candidate for sheriff, who wants to keep any hint of
kinkiness out of the minds of the God-fearing populace.
Ray may be hiding a house full of secrets in the old
family homestead, but before Anna can start her
investigation, she's waylaid by malevolent poachers,
peevish coworkers, and a suddenly turbulent romantic life.
And when hidden agendas and old allegiances are revealed,
it's suddenly Anna's life that's on the line.
Tightly
plotted, brilliantly suspenseful, and beautifully written,
Hunting Season offers solid evidence that mankind can be
as unpredictable and dangerous as the great outdoors.
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