Liberty Falling - (Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr (Paperback)

About the Book

Moving to New York to be with her ill sister, park ranger Anna Pigeon rooms with a fellow ranger on Liberty Island and spends time on nearby Ellis Island. Her fragile peace is shattered when a teenage girl falls to her death from atop the Statue of Liberty. The reason for the girl's fatal plunge is not the only mystery alive on these historic sties.

Book Synopsis

Anna Pigeon is in Manhattan to look after her hospitalized sister, and explores the Statue of Liberty in her spare time. But when a teenage girl falls to her death from Liberty's ledge, Anna wonders if the suicide was actually a homicide-and begins an investigation that puts her in the line of fire.

From the Back Cover

There is peril beneath the watchful eyes of the Lady...

When Anna Pigeon left New York City after her husband was killed, she hoped it would be forever. But now her sister Molly is clinging to life in an uptown hospital ICU, so Anna has reluctantly returned, Rooming with a friend and fellow park ranger in close quarters on Liberty Island -- the small strip of land that is home to Lady Liberty -- Anna spends her free time exploring the grand monument and the crumbliing, overgrown, and eerie ruins in the unrestored sections of nearby Ellis Island. But the peace she seeks here is shattered when she finds herself among a crowd gathered at the Lady's base, staring at the broken body of a teenager who fell -- or was pushed -- to her death.

The reason behind the young girl's fatal plunge is not the only mystery alive on these historic sites -- nor will hers be the only death. Hidden in a dangerous labyrinth of stone, glass, and steel are secrets Anna Pigeon is now compelled to uncover...and an insidious threat to herself and to others that could wreak havoc on a nation's proudest day.

Review Quotes

"Her best book yet...Plenty of action and suspense...LIBERTY FALLING offers something for mystery fans of every stripe."--"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Barr writes with hypnotic lyricism..."--"New York Times Book Review"My bet is that Nevada Barr can write just about anything."--"Philadelphia Enquirer"Nature's combination of awesome beauty and brutal terror are strikingly portrayed in Nevada Barr's mysteries."--"Seattle Times"Exciting and intelligent...Barr skillfully builds suspense...."--"Dallas Morning News"Gripping...harrowing...a moving, suspenseful, fast-paced novel...shimmering with vibrant life and originality...."--"Cleveland Plain Dealer

"My bet is that Nevada Barr can write about anything".

Philadelphia Inquirer

About the Author

Formerly an actress and a park ranger, Nevada Barr is now an award-winning and New York Times-bestselling novelist and creator of the Anna Pigeon mysteries, and numerous other books and short stories. She lives in New Orleans with her husband and various pets.