by Nevada Barr
Part of Anna Pigeon, book 12
First published 2005
Anna Pigeon trades her ranger uniform for an apron at Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel. Four seasonal employees have vanished without a trace. Two weeks of intensive search and rescue operations have produced nothing. Park officials cannot determine if the missing workers left voluntarily or met with foul play. Anna takes a dining room job to investigate from the inside. Her party loving roommates suddenly turn fearful and paranoid. Restaurant staff eye her with distrust. After a week of serving tables, Anna realizes the disappearances signal something darker infecting the park. When someone threatens her life and her supervisor ignores the danger, Anna takes matters into her own hands. She heads alone into the snowy Sierra Mountains, following a treacherous trail toward the high country. What she discovers there involves deadly greed and corruption that may cost Anna her life.
Genres: adventure, suspense, mystery, thriller
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, investigation
Setting: Yosemite, Sierra Mountains
Period: 20th-century
301 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Berkley