Revenge and Ramblings of Thorpunious

Martin County Library System’s annual author/book festival, BookMania in Stuart, Florida was one stop on Nevada’s promotional tour for the release of her 17th Anna Pigeon mystery, The Rope,

Nevada’s husband managed to catch a photo of her with Jim Lehrer:

Nevada and Jim Lehrer at BookMania

Two stops down and on her way to Denver today for her appearance at the Tattered Cover (7:30 pm tonight)

Signing and presentations in Scottsdale, AZ (The Poisoned Pen) and Albuquerque, NM (The Bookworks) went well.  I just received a couple of photos today:

Nevada at The Poisoned Pen

Nevada at the Bookworks

Signed copies of The Rope are now available to order through The Poisoned Pen  NOTE: clicking on book title will open up a drop down page showing other editions available for The Rope.  I see that audio can be ordered for the release date of January 17 and it gives dates for the release of paperback, large print, etc.  The Poisoned Pen doesn’t do the e-book format so you’ll need to go to Amazon, Barnes ‘n Noble or where ever you usually go for those.

Thorpunious…

The Rope
Number 17 in the Anna Pigeon mystery series
releasing January 17, 2012

Happy New Year everyone.  Now we can officially get excited about the release of the next Anna Pigeon mystery, The Rope.  RELEASE DATE: January 17th, only two weeks away.  The director of marketing for the book just sent us an excerpt of the book to post for those interested,  (link below) with the statement:  “We are getting very excited about the upcoming publication of The Rope! The preorders and promotion look great, and the early reads have been phenomenal. I think people are enormously eager …”

I have photos coming taken during the research of The Rope which will be fun to share with you as they roll in to me.  Also I will be posting Nevada’s tour schedule here on the blog, though it is currently posted on her website if you would like to take a sneak peek.

DOWNLOAD THE PDF EXCERPT OF THE ROPE

First photo from research for The Rope:

Finally, a review of “The Rope” (releasing January 17th, 2012) that doesn’t tell too much of the plot.

From the Library Journal December 1 reviews:

Barr, Nevada. The Rope. Minotaur:
St. Martin’s. Jan. 2012. c.368p.
ISBN 9780312614577. $25.99. F

The adventures of park ranger Anna Pigeon have filled the pages of 16 books, and now her legion of loyal fans can find out how her story began. After her husband’s death in 1995, Anna leaves New York City to take a seasonal position at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. On a hike to explore the dry canyon lands around Lake Powell, Anna literally falls into a mystery. Fighting thirst and drug-induced delirium, she extricates herself from the dry well and begins to unravel the who and why of her tortuous ordeal. Barr’s luxuriant depictions of desert landscapes with its colors and hues and details about Lake Powell’s tourist population are interwoven into the narrative as an indispensable element of her popular series. Anna emerges from this canyon escapade as a strong, determined woman who plans to return to park service employment as a law enforcement ranger, stating that “more women should carry guns.” VERDICT Another awesome winner for Barr. [See Prepub Alert, 8/1/11.]—Patricia Ann Owens, Illinois Eastern Community Coll., Mount Carmel

Thorpunious …