Visiting an isolated Lake Superior isle to study wolf behavior, ranger Anna Pigeon joins a scientific group that subsequently discovers unusual DNA evidence suggesting that a giant and dangerous wolf hybrid has been introduced by an unknown source.

Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Thriller. Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced they are being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary….

It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have its own pack of the magnificent, much- maligned animals. She's lodging in the island's bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, along with two scientists from Homeland Security, who are assessing the study with an eye to opening the park in the winters - an act that would effectively bring an end to the fifty-year project - so that the area can be manned to secure the scrap of border with Canada. Soon after Anna's arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the group to believe that perhaps a wolf/dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary. Alone on an island without electricity or running water, with temperatures hovering around zero both day and night, Anna fights not only for the wolves but for her own survival as well.

The roving park ranger and amateur detective Anna Pigeon investigates a case on Isle Royale. Amidst its barren landscape, a group of researchers observe a group of ravenous wolves. But a killer is on the loose as well, and only Anna can halt his murderous designs.

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Anna Pigeon, Rocky Mountain National Park ranger, runs across a large wolf and strange wolf DNA while studying a wolfpack on a Lake Superior island with two Homeland Security scientists, and fights for survival after a female scientist turns up missing.

District Ranger Anna Pigeon of Rocky Mountains National Park is going to have wolves in the park. To know what to expect she is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior where scientists have been studying the wolves in their natural habitat for fifty years. But odd things are happening on the isolated island. The wolves are behaving strangely and soon afterward an assistant is mauled to death. Anna knows something is wrong and begins investigating just before another scientist disappears in what looks like a kidnapping, making her inquiries even more urgent...

It's January and Park Range Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn wolf management. She's lodging in the island's bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team, and two scientists from Homeland Security, who are considering opening the park in the winters, so that the area can be manned to secure border with Canada - bringing an end to the 50-year study. Soon following Anna's arrival, the wolf packs under observation begin to behave in oddly. The discovery of wolf scat containing alien DNA leads the group to believe that perhaps a wolf-dog hybrid has been introduced to the island. But when a female member of the team is savaged, Anna realizes that something is seriously wrong. Now, what was once an idyllic refuge becomes a place of imminent danger. Without electricity or running water, and with temperatures hovering around zero, Anna must fight for her life! Filled with the nail-biting suspense, richly-drawn characters, and gorgeous nature writing that are her hallmarks, Nevada Barr proves once again that she can hold her own with the A-list.

Winter Study

Isolated and exposed in this icy corner of Lake Superior, Anna Pigeon is spending a winter at Isle Royale National Park. Here, she figures she'll have no trouble... her only neighbors are wolves and moose, and the researchers studying them. But someone is willing to come up here and commit murder. 14th in the series. "Fascinating... plenty of drama." -- Booklist.

The bestselling author of "Hard Truth" and "Bittersweet" brings back Ranger Anna Pigeon in the 14th installment of her acclaimed mystery series.

Park Ranger Anna Pigeon travels to Isle Royal in Lake Superior to study their wolf population. What she discovers while there could kill her.

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February 25, 2008
In bestseller Barr's chilling 14th mystery thriller to feature National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon (after 2005's Hard Truth
), Anna joins the team of Winter Study, a research project intended to study the wolves and moose of Michigan's Isle Royale National Park, the setting for 1994's A Superior Death
. Complicating the study is Bob Menechinn, an untrustworthy Homeland Security officer assigned to shadow the research. Crowded into inhospitable lodgings and persecuted by unrelenting cold, Anna is far from her comfort zone as nature turns awry with a series of bizarre events. The team stumbles upon the tracks—and the mutilated victim—of a preternaturally large, unidentified beast, and local packs of wolves descend on human-populated areas, a behavior out of step with their species. The campfire legends of youth metastasize into adult fears as Anna must piece together a connection between these anomalies while guarding herself from the strangers around her. Barr's visceral descriptions of the winter cold nicely complement the paranoia that follows the appearance of the mythic monsters at play. Author tour.

. Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced they are being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary...

Filled with the nail-biting suspense, richly drawn characters and gorgeous nature writing.Anna Pigeon returns as the tough-as-boots park ranger.

ANNA PIGEON IS SENT TO ISLE ROYALE IN LAKE SUPERIOR TO LEARN ABOUT MANAGING AND UNDERSTANDING WOLVES.

Anna is sent to learn about managing understanding wolves but when the observation turns peculiar, they discover a wolf hybrid has been introduced to the island.

Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr (2008)