Marilyn's Book Shelf

August 2010

Barr, Nevada, Blind Descent

One more book for the summer – a thriller, which you don’t have to think about too deeply (no pun intended).  This is one of a series of the Anna Pigeon mysteries.  Anna, a National Park Service ranger is asked to be a part of a rescue operation in a neighboring cave to Carslbad Caverns, called, Lechuguilla, a relatively unexplored cave with some extremely difficult passages.  The reason Anna has been asked to participate is because one of her dear friends has been injured in the cave.  As Anna talks to her injured friend Frieda, she discovers that there may be some suspicious circumstances about the cave and the injury.  Full of twists and turns and the terrors of caving, this proved to be a fascinating tale with the various characters Anna’s friends, the NPS, and others.  A great read.  If you choose, it is available on CD, read by Barbara Rosenblatt.  I always have a book on CD going in my car besides what I’m reading at home.  It is amazing how much you can “read” just doing errands.