Burn (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr Paperback Book

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Rent Burn (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)

Author: Nevada Barr

Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Abridged-CD

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: May 2011

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths

Retail Price: $9.99

Synopsis

Anna Pigeon is on leave from her job after a traumatic past couple of months. It seems like the perfect time to pay a visit to her old colleague Geneva, who now works as a jazz singer in the Big Easy. But Anna isn't in town long before she crosses paths with Geneva's neighbor, Jordan, who gives her the creeps. Then Anna discovers a gruesomely killed pigeon marked with runic symbols. Is this a dark coincidence—or has she been cursed?

Now it will take all of Anna's skills learned in the untamed outdoors to navigate the post-Katrina urban jungle in which she finds herself. Tied up in all of this evil magic are the "gutter punk" Jordan; Clare, a fugitive mother accused of killing her family in a fire; and faint whispers of unpleasant goings-on in the heart of the slowly recovering city…

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