Hard Truth (Anna Pigeon Series #13) Book

Hard Truth, a mystery set in Rocky Mountain National Park, is the story of a ranger - Anna Pigeon - who ends up in a seemingly impossible situation (one in which you know she'll be triumphant) that involves a creepy religious commune, missing and abused children, and a psychopathic serial killer who loves torturing living creatures. Not exactly a fun novel to curl up with on a summer night!

This is part of a series of books about Anna and I have not yet read any of the others. I might give another a try, though. Just the barest hints of her personal life come through in this book and I'd like to know more.

The story is far-fetched, similar to the crazy stories about Temperance Brennan in the Bones series of books. If I was a more astute mystery reader, I might have figured out whodunit a lot faster than I did. It was a disturbing book as we all know there are people like that serial killer out there but the story is so overblown it takes the edge off of it a little bit.

This book is not exactly light-hearted fluff, but it's basically an easy read with almost non-stop action and enough intriguing characters that if you like this type of mystery, it can keep you reading on to the end.