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    Borderline
    Borderline
    Borderline
    Audiobook11 hours

    Borderline

    Written by Nevada Barr

    Narrated by Barbara Rosenblat

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    About this audiobook

    To list their spirits, Anna Pigeon and her husband head to Texas for a rafting trip on the Rio Grande. The power of the river works its magic- until the raft is lost in the rapids and someone makes the grisly discovery of a pregnant woman caught between two boulders. Soon Anna will learn that nature isn't the only one who wanted to see the woman and her baby dead.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 8, 2009
    ISBN9781440718083
    Borderline
    Author

    Nevada Barr

    NEVADA BARR is a novelist, actor, and artist best known for her New York Times bestselling, award-winning mystery series featuring Anna Pigeon. A former National Park Service Ranger, she currently lives with her husband in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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    • 4/5
      Nevada Barr sets her books in various National Parks in the United States and her sleuth, Anna Pigeon, is a kickass mature woman ranger. Ever since I read a copy of Blood Lure, which was set in the Glacier National Park I have been a fan. It maybe helps that I have visited quite a few of the parks where she has set her mysteries but I think anyone who likes a mystery with a strong female character would enjoy them.In this book Anna is recovering from a stressful incident in the previous book, Winter Study, and she has come to Big Bend National Park in Texas to take a rafting trip with her husband, Paul, and four college students. It is supposed to be a few days of communing with nature, having fun and eating well but it quickly turns into another stressful outing. Their raft gets overturned and all their belongings are swept away. When one of their number goes to search the bank to see if anything can be saved she discovers a body in the water. It is an extremely pregnant Mexican woman and she is still alive. Anna and the rest pull her from the river, she gasps "Please save my baby." and dies. Anna performs a C-section and the infant girl is saved. When the guide climbs up the bank to try to get a signal on her satellite phone she is shot by someone above. It is up to Anna and Paul to get the rest of the young people and the baby up the bank and to help. This, of course, is an ordeal in itself.I was astonished, given that this book was written in 2009, that one of the characters in the book is a politician who wants to build a wall to keep Mexican people from coming into the USA. I guess that idea has been circulating for longer than I thought. It certainly made the book seem very relevant to today's circumstances.
    • 4/5
      It's been a long time since I read this book but I have read the entire series, up until the most current book and I really like it. I love how the series is set outdoors in the different parks. If you like C.J. Box, then you'll like Barr too.
    • 3/5
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      Anna and her husband, Paul, are on a river rafting trip in Texas while she is on leave following something that happens in the previous novel when Anna insists they rescue a starving cow. While doing this, it begins to rain, the river rises and even though they get the cow onto their raft, they end up in an accident, with no raft or supplies. One of the college students begins to scream because she has found late term pregnant woman, seemingly dead, in the river. Thus begins more of the suspense, killings and crazy actions. In the meantime, a city mayor is staying nearby because she is planning to announce her campaign for state government and she is getting herself out there. She and her husband, childless, stay in separate rooms, and her aging head of security, a former member of the secret service, is concerned her in a fatherly way as he has known her since she was a preschooler. Naturally, we realize from early on that somehow, somewhere, these two seemingly disparate stories have to join together, and of course they do, since one immediate tie in is that this rafting trip occurs on a river that borders Mexico and Texas, and one of the hot political topics is the border which has been closed since 9/11.

      I found this while looking through my library’s small playaway section, so it’s not something I’d normally read in print, and I had no idea it was about this Anna Pigeon I’d read reviews about since I didn’t read the tiny print that closely; I wanted something to listen to while gardening. Barbara Rosenblat has a large speaking range and so does a fabulous job of men’s voices for a woman and okay with women’s. She tends to make virtually every woman sound just a bit Hispanic with certain words, which wasn’t a always correct for the characters, but you don’t hear that during the narrative parts.

      This novel is more grisly and dark than I like my mysteries, but apparently this series gets more grisly as it goes along, and this is one of the latest installments.
    • 4/5
      A one-day beach read. Love those.An interesting story that was a quick read despite the number of melding plotlines. I liked the consistency in the characters' traits, even if they weren't overall good ones. Barr's writing usually makes me want to visit the national parks, but not sure she sold me on Big Bend
    • 4/5
      Borderline, the 15th instalment of its series, opens with Anna Pigeon, a Ranger with the US National Parks Service, suffering from post traumatic stress disorder due to an incident in which she killed someone. As part of her self-prescribed treatment she and her husband Paul take a rafting trek down the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Their tour group, four college students and a guide in addition to the couple, stumble upon a near-dead pregnant woman who, they think, was probably crossing the river from Mexico so her baby could be born in America.

      Happily I was not disappointed in my search for a book with a strong sense of place. The physical grandeur of the Rio Grande and its surroundings is quite spectacularly brought to life by Barr and I felt as if I was travelling in the raft, staring up at the canyon walls and keeping a wary eye out for flash floods. But the book also has a wider sense of its location on the border between the US and Mexico: a place of racial tension where the politics surrounding illegal immigration into the US is most keenly observed. Although the book did take a side on this hot button political issue it did so sensitively and as a natural part of the story which I found a refreshing change from being preached at which has happened several times in my recent reading.

      The other aspect of Borderline I found quite captivating was the depth of the characterisations. I knew nothing about Anna Pigeon heading into the story but I felt enough information was provided to give me a sense of her history. The depiction of her coming to terms with the shooting incident, her status as a ‘mere’ woman rather than a ranger, her relatively new marriage after many years of independence and her decision never to have children were played out against the backdrop of danger and adventure that Pigeon seems to thrive on. Another self-aware character was Darden White, the 63-year-old head of security for the Mayor of Huston who is in the Park to announce her run for Governor of Texas. White queries his own abilities as he ages as well as his devotion to the Mayor, who he used to babysit when she was a child, and Even the teenage ,products of the Barney generation, are quite thoroughly fleshed out and easily become people I wanted to read more about.

      My one slight disappointment with the book is that in parts there was only a cursory attention to plot, especially in the second half which takes place after the rafting group leaves the river. It is revealed rather clumsily that the pregnant woman in the river was the victim of a crime but ultimately the culprit reveals themselves rather than being uncovered through any sleuthing, professional or otherwise, and the ending includes a disappointing thriller-style car chase that is at odds with the sensitivity shown earlier.

      Overall though I enjoyed meeting Anna Pigeon and loved spending a few hours in a spectacular part of the world I have not (yet) visited. To top it off Barbara Rosenblat’s narration was delightful, capturing the wry, slightly cynical tone that perfectly matched the picture of Pigeon depicted in the story told from her point of view.
    • 3/5
      This book picks up after a horrific experience on Wolf Isle, in the last book, and starts off with Anna experiencing PTSD from that episode in her life. It had left me, as a reader, pretty raw, too, so was glad to have the opportunity to work through some of that mayhem. It also gave Anna and new husband, Paul, (a character I really like), an actual opportunity to be in the same location. That a rafting adventure quickly turns into its own disaster was not exactly the vacation Anna and Paul had been looking for, but did allow for growth and healing in its own weird way. Good characters, interesting to see Anna's views on infants, some political awareness of situations at the US/MExico border, and enough smarmy characters to keep a reader occupied.
    • 4/5
      Borrowed from a friend. Read April 2012. As usual, a page turner. Liked her newest book, The Rope.
    • 4/5
      Ranger, Anna Pigeon, on medical leave for PTSD, goes on a river raft trip down the Rio Grande with her husband. Leisure turns to disaster as someone is shot, and then a flashflood leaves them without supplies and a raft. This is further complicated by the discovery of a dying, very pregnant woman. Anna does a c-section before they are rescued. Mystery and intrigue ensue as many people try to get the baby for all sorts of reasons.
    • 4/5
      This is my first first Nevada Barr. I very much like her Anna Pigeon park ranger character. She's tortured by thoughts of violence, of course, as all law officers are supposed to be, she's very physically confident, observant, articulate and no nonsense. It was a pleasure to meet her mixed with a less than pleasant birth scene, a suffering cow, whiny college students, humorous college students, Texas politicians, immigration policy and a great description of rafting and rivers. I won't make a steady diet of her, but I bet I'll visit her again once in a while.
    • 4/5
      Anna Pigeon, on stress leave, goes on a river rafting trip with her husband, family and a group of teenagers. It's not long before their adventure turns into a stalking nightmare. While trying to get safely away, they discover a pregnant woman's body in the river caught up on some branches. The woman dies and Anna delivers her baby by c-section using her husbands army knife. Their guide and one of the teenagers is murdered by the shooter. Very suspenseful even to the creepy park ranger who finally comes to their rescue. My only complaint is that Anna is a wonder woman without the bracelets and can do everything while being protective of the newborn infant.
    • 5/5
      Following a string of murders at Isle Royale National Park, park ranger Anna Pigeon is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and is forced to take leave. In am effort to lift her spirits, Anna and her husband, go on a rafting trip in Big Bend National Park. While rafting, though, the two discover the body of a pregnant woman caught between some riverside boulders and branches. Instead of enjoying their vacation in the Chihuahuan Desert, the couple begins to investigate the murder.
    • 3/5
      I'll read anything by Nevada Barr, but this book reminded me of the Anna Pigeon in NYC, give me less of the same story over and over and more park...
    • 5/5
      Barr is back on her game as Anna struggles to re-find her balance after the troubles of Isle Royale
    • 4/5
      The action sequences are terrific and as good as any you will find in the Anna Pigeon series. The identification of the chief evildoer is not believable nor is the resolution of the final action sequence.
    • 5/5
      This is, in my opinion, the best of the Anna Pigeon series. Anna is a National Park Ranger who, after killing a man at her last post, has a breakdown. She has always been so strong, but she's also a human being and it gets to her. Now married to a great person, she goes home to heal. Then they go on a rafting trip down the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park with a group which includes four teenagers and their guide. When the group decides to rescue a cow in trouble, the trip becomes anything but a casual rafting trip. The story is exciting in itself, but Anna heals through using her skills to save a baby and the group, then her own life. In the course of the adventure she learns much about herself that she never suspected. This is really good.
    • 3/5
      This is the 15th novel starring Anna Pigeon as our favorite National Park Ranger. Anna is on administrative leave after the incidents at Isle Royale and is taking a rafting expedition in Big Bend National Park with her husband Paul Davidson and several college students.This story departs from the normal Anna Pigeon tales in that Anna is not "on duty" yet somehow gets involved in the intrigue of a political marriage gone bad, a murdered pregnant woman, while a new born baby is at the center of the tale.The story seems to be missing some the attention that the other books have had on the National Park where the story takes place. I never got the feel of the park itself and I felt that the story was too much centered on who the baby was rather than how it all happened. There were many great parts (amusing, thrilling) but overall, not one of my favorite Anna Pigeon stories.
    • 4/5
      Anna goes on a rafting trip to relax from the horrors of Lake Superior isle where she study wolf behavior. A rafting trip on the Rio Grande in/past Big Bend National Park. Their fun is interrupted by a stranded cow, a nearly-drowned woman caught in the bushes, an emergency Cesaerian, and a sniper. Meanwhile, Houston's female mayor is in the park to announce her candidacy for governor, and her security chief is having a bad few days.
    • 4/5
      Another Anna Pigeon mystery. Three quarters of the way thru the book I'm enjoying it more than the last two in the series. After the first two chapters of setting up the characters, I couldn't put the book down. It's nice to read Anna and her husband Paul actually spend time together.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent mystery novel by Nevada Barr. The signature battle with nature and the elements happens early in the book and then there's the battle with the humans. The author's theme that mankind is more dangerous and evil than anything else in nature is carried on in this book too. There's more development of Anna's personality as she tends to the newborn baby. Readers are left in the dark about her future as a ranger.
    • 4/5
      Anna Pigeon, on administrative leave since the events on Isle Royale last winter, and her husband take a rafting trip on the Rio Grande in/past Big Bend National Park. Their fun is interrupted by a stranded cow, a nearly-drowned woman caught in the bushes, an emergency Cesaerian, and a sniper. Meanwhile, Houston's female mayor is in the park to announce her candidacy for governor, and her security chief is having a bad few days.Although this is a welcome return to the Southwest, it is missing the focus on the natural world that made the early books in the series so enjoyable. Anna's depression doesn't help matters any. Still, it's worth reading if you've enjoyed the others.
    • 4/5
      Having been disappointed by Nevada Barr's Winter Study, I was hoping that Borderline would put Nevada Barr back on my A list. Thankfully, this book was much better. Barr is best when Anna is in the wilderness fighting for her life or solving a mystery. The sections of the book where Anna and Paul are on the river trip are exciting and full of action. Although important for the climax, the subplot about the mayor and the security guard seemed slow and wordy. Nevada Barr is back on track and I'm looking forward to the next adventure of Anna Pigeon.
    • 5/5
      Here's another thriller involving NPS ranger Anna Pigeon, who is currently on administrative leave after having killed a man in the previous installment. She has gone to a park in Texas and is actually spending some time with her husband, Paul. (Faithful readers had to wonder if that would ever happen!) While the vacation begins placidly enough, it does not stay that way for long. If everyone had as much action in their lives in forty-eight hours as Anna does, the planet would surely explode from the pressure. It's another thriller to set ones teeth on edge. A very good addition to the series.
    • 4/5
      Can’t Anna Pigeon get a break? The answer is an apparent no as Nevada Barr really puts the Park Ranger through another series of harrowing events. Anna, on administrative leave, decides to accompany her husband on a white water rafting trip. The river is on the BORDERLINE of Texas and Mexico. Through a series of misfortunes, Anna soon finds herself dodging bullets. It’s not necessary to have read other book in the series, but fans will Anna Pigeon’s progression. She’s becomes darker, cynical and paranoid. Readers are also treated to Anna Pigeon’s maternal side. Barr again lets the story feed off of the park setting. The plot was slightly predictable, but this novel delivers thrill a page action and brims with tension. If you haven’t read the series, this is an excellent place to start.