Could someone tell me the name of the first Nevada Barr Anna Pidgeon book? I've never read that series, and I love great mysteries with strong female protagonists.
Cacophony. That's pretty. What's it mean?
Harmony ,'Underneath'
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Pix - Apr 09, 2004 4:57:03 pm PDT #2113 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
sarameg - Apr 09, 2004 5:06:21 pm PDT #2114 of 10002
Kristin, I'm not sure this is the exact order, but from the front fly of Hunting Season:
Bittersweet
Track of the Cat
A Superior Death
Ill Wind
Firestorm
Endangered Species
Blind Descent
Liberty Falling
Deep South
Blood Lure
Hunting Season
Anna Pigeon is a park ranger, so all of these are set at various national parks, which I adore, having been to many, but not all. And she's flawed but strong, which appeals to me. Parestsky got me the same way with Vic, thoug I think I like Anna even better.
Pix - Apr 09, 2004 5:07:59 pm PDT #2115 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Sarameg! Thank you - marked.
Sheryl - Apr 09, 2004 5:49:54 pm PDT #2116 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Bittersweet is not part of the Anna Pigeon series. Track of the cat is the first book.
t /mystery geek
Java cat - Apr 09, 2004 5:58:16 pm PDT #2117 of 10002
Not javachik
mysteries with strong female protagonists
Me, too! Also, I narrow the field to America women, usually. I'm really into the Agatha Raisin book so might head back into British protagonists for the first time in yonks.
www.stopyourekillingme.com is the best site I've found for the correct book order. It's invaluable when reading your way through all the Rex Stouts's or Karen Kijewski's.
I gave up on V.I. I got sick of her being beaten to a pulp every book. And what's with her not having any friends? besides her landlord or whomever. Not real.
Jesse - Apr 09, 2004 5:59:58 pm PDT #2118 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I love Rex Stout because you don't have to read them in any order. I always read one (and sometimes steal it) when I'm at my parents'.
erikaj - Apr 09, 2004 6:00:56 pm PDT #2119 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I like Kinsey Milhone...but the loner P.I. is totally a hard-boiled tradition, going back to Marlowe playing chess by himself.SO much difference a preposition makes!
Java cat - Apr 09, 2004 6:12:31 pm PDT #2120 of 10002
Not javachik
I really like mysteries where they aren't stand-alones and there are progressive changes in the people's lives. Karen Kijewski and Dana Stabenow do that the best, IMO.
I tried and pretty much succeeded in reading the Rex Stout's in order, though it was long ago and far away and I mostly remember now my love for Archie and Nero's obession with shad roe. And orchids, of course.
I'd read my grandmother's Travis McGee's when we'd visit her in Fla. Exotic stuff. They kissed and had sex and stuff! Yup, I'm old.
Pix - Apr 09, 2004 6:14:57 pm PDT #2121 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
www.stopyourekillingme.com
Thanks!
I really like mysteries where they aren't stand-alones and there are progressive changes in the people's lives.
Me too. I adore Elizabeth George for that reason, because her cast of characters all change over the series (though, like any series, there are ups and downs in the quality of the plots, IMO).
Java cat - Apr 09, 2004 6:24:50 pm PDT #2122 of 10002
Not javachik
I've only read a few of hers and they are indistinct in my memory. Did she have one where a garden gnome was sending postcards from all over the world?