BOAR ISLAND Anna Pigeon, Book 19

In the nineteenth Anna Pigeon novel, Barbara Rosenblat delivers her usual riveting performance as the National Park Service ranger. In Boulder, Colorado, Anna's 16-year-old goddaughter, Elizabeth, is the victim of sexual harassment and cyberbullying. After Elizabeth attempts suicide, Anna convinces her best friend, Heath, Elizabeth's adoptive mother, to leave Boulder and accompany her on special assignment to Acadia National Park in Maine. Rosenblat sounds exactly as you'd expect the frustrated, depressed teenager to sound, and as Heath attempts to cope with her daughter's issues and adjust to her own recent disabilities, Rosenblat is completely convincing. Add a murder investigation, an abusive husband, identical twins, a couple of kidnappings, the gorgeous Maine landscape, and Rosenblat's expertise--and you have the makings of first-rate listening. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2016]