ENDANGERED SPECIES

Sent to Cumberland Island National Seashore on fire patrol, Ranger Anna Pigeon finds herself embroiled in yet another murder investigation. The sabotage of a drug-interdiction plane kills Todd Belfore, a District Ranger, and Slattery Hammond, a freelance drug agent. Dealing with crime is difficult enough, but to further complicate matters, Anna's former lover has fallen in love with her sister. Nevada Barr recreates Georgia's natural wonders with prose as polished as the smoothest stone and a plot as full of ideas as it is of clues. Barbara Rosenblat's performance endows Barr's characters with consciousness. They become real people with awarenesses and secrets. Rosenblat's shifts between characters are seamless. Her insights into human motives are perfectly delineated. In her voice, we hear heartbeats. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 02]