This is another excellent installment in the Anna Pigeon series.

My favorite aspect of Nevada Barr's books is the way she transports you to the scene (a different national park) in each book. Set on the Natchez Trace, this book is Barr at her best. You can almost feel and hear the menacing kudzu growing outside. Since I read this during a cold, snowy week in Iowa, did gives you an idea of ​​Barr's skill. The story is tight and the characters well-drawn. It would be easy to present stereotyped in this setting, but Barr does not fall for that.