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octavia_cade 's review for:
Track of the Cat
by Nevada Barr
Well this is unusual, and a murder mystery that's right up my alley. It's set in a national park, and the detective is actually a park ranger. Anna comes across the body of a colleague, supposedly killed by a mountain lion, but she knows lions and she knows ranger behaviour and something, Anna thinks, something is very wrong here. It's actually a fairly short book, and I twigged who the killer was about halfway through, but the real attraction here is the focus on and sympathy for wildlife, the natural description, and the very earned ending for the poachers. Apparently it's the first in a series. I have yet to read the rest - though I will - but I admit to being sceptical at just how many murders can actually take place in one small park. Still, for more of the setting, and more of the focus on the natural world, I'm prepared to suspend all sorts of disbelief because this was great. Really, really enjoyable.