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Hard Truth

By: Nevada Barr
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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New York Times best-selling author Nevada Barr continues her award-winning Anna Pigeon series with this riveting mystery that features the puzzling plot twists, deft characterizations, and sparkling dialogue that have become Barr's trademarks, and which her ever-growing fan base can't get enough of.

Anna and Sheriff Paul Davidson are married only three days before Anna moves from Mississippi to Colorado. Her mettle is immediately tested as the new district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park. Three young girls have gone missing, and when only two return a month later, wearing filthy undergarments and bearing deep psychological scars, the signs point to a mysterious religious organization that guards its secrets closely. As a palpable sense of evil casts its shadow over the park, Anna puts her life on the line to discover the truth behind the disappearances.

©2005 Nevada Barr (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Small Town & Rural Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Crime Detective Exciting Scary

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"Noted for her precise plotting and atmospheric descriptions of nature, Barr again proves her skill in putting believable characters in peril against a backdrop of breathtaking scenery." (Publishers Weekly)

Compelling Mystery • Intricate Plot • Stellar Narrator • Strong Protagonist • Beautiful Descriptions • Unexpected Twists
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I forwarded through so much of this story. I don't remember Anna being so inept before.

disappointing

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Barr again delivers us beautiful vistas, heart-stopping moments, a tender touch and a chilling plot twist that will keep you listening to the very end.

Masterful

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This book shown great artistry in it's plot, in it's delivery, and in the narrator. I am still trying to catch my breath, highly recommended!

The most startling, nail bitter yet!

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I love the Anna Pigeon books, but after this one, gonna take a break! Anna, go home to Paul and take a sebatical! Spend a month with Molly, get some help! They seem to be getting worse. Not just a cool murder mystery with a stunning backdrop, this one had torture, serial killer, child abuse......it just went too far for me, don't think I will ever go to RMP again, and I'm from Colorado!

A little scary!

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enjoyed this one. Sadly the sick world scarred the park. fanatics get away with abuse and insane nuts are everywhere

save the wolf

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This is the first Nevada Barr book I have Read. I chose it because of the customer reviews. I could not put my IPOd down. It drew you into the story at the very first and when you thought the mystery was solved ther was another twist. It kept me guessing until the end.

Highly Recommend

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Nevada Barr is a favorite, for sure. I race to read each new release! Both Barr and Ranger Pigeon have grown over the dozen or so books in the series, and it has been a pleasure to watch. The descriptions in Hard Truth took me right to the park, where I could almost smell the pine and feel the rain. This is the first audio Barr I've done. There's a profound difference between reading description and hearing it. Barr is transporting! I do miss following along with the maps that are usually in the front of the books, but maps of ROMO are readily available on the 'net.

This is a disturbing book, what with the abuse of children and animals, and the evil of a cult. But it's a good read, and more than once kept me in the car in the driveway to hear "just a few minutes more."

Driveway moment - couldn't leave the car...

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If you could sum up Hard Truth in three words, what would they be?

complicated, funny, gritty

What was one of the most memorable moments of Hard Truth?

Anything about Heath's inner monologue...so funny.

What about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance did you like?

She does sarcasm and voices brilliantly.

if you like complex heroines and great killers...

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Another excellent Anna Pigeon story. Highly emotional. Wonderful characters, lots of twists and turns throughout the story, SUSPENSE.

Couldn’t put it down

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Please understand -- I love Nevada Barr's books: I am mesmerized by the descriptions of the National Parks to which she is sent; I am fascinated by the characters she creates -- usually very timely and timeless; I identify with the difficulties her (and my) aging costs.
For a first time reader I think her books would be fascinating, illuminating, exciting and a multitude of other "ing"s. But I've read them all. At this point I'm almost ready for a description of Anna's and Paul's honeymoon someplace very unexciting. After all Anna Pigeon's near-death experiences I wonder what part of her body remains scarless; how she retains the energy to go to yet another National Park to await further indigities to her body and soul; when does she get the time to speak to her sister to have her explain the latest weirdness of the moment.
Applause for the insight into the "handicapped"ed psyche's, the publicity for the "handicamp", of which many might not have been aware, the emphasis on the importance of helper dogs such as "Wylie", and the damange that can be done by well-meaning god-fearing souls.
I couldn't stop listening, but I'm a fan and not that discerning a listener.

Angst Redux

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