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A Superior Death

by Nevada Barr

A mystery beneath Lake Superior

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A mystery beneath Lake Superior

Park ranger Anna Pigeon’s new post on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale brings her into a case linked to the lake’s shipwrecks. A diving-permit application leads to the discovery of an underwater murder, and the investigation reaches into the depths of Lake Superior and the history of a cargo vessel. The island setting, submerged wrecks, and regional spirits and lore give the mystery a strong connection to its northern wilderness environment. The description also places Anna’s adjustment to a new post alongside the investigation, after her previous work uncovering an environmental scam in the Texas high desert.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in park-ranger mysteries and women sleuths.
  • Readers drawn to remote island settings, shipwrecks, and underwater investigations.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries that incorporate wilderness and regional lore.

Themes

Crime and investigationShipwrecks and underwater explorationWilderness and isolationRegional spirits and lore

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Book overview

Park ranger Anna Pigeon returns, in a mystery that unfolds in and around Lake Superior, in whose chilling depths sunken treasure comes with a deadly price.

In her latest mystery, Nevada Barr sends Ranger Pigeon to a new post amid the cold, deserted, and isolated beauty of Isle Royale National Park, a remote island off the coast of Michigan known for fantastic deep-water dives of wrecked sailing vessels. Leaving behind memories of the Texas high desert and the environmental scam she helped uncover, Anna is adjusting to the cool damp of Lake Superior and the spirits and lore of the northern Midwest.

But when a routine application for a diving permit reveals a grisly underwater murder, Anna finds herself 260 feet below the forbidding surface of the lake, searching for the connection between a drowned man and an age-old cargo ship.

Written with a naturalist's feel for the wilderness and a keen understanding of characters who thrive in extreme conditions, A Superior Death is a passionate, atmospheric page-turner.
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