Putnam, Feb 2003, 24.95, 400 pp.
ISBN 0399149759
Forty eight hours after receiving a proposal from Sheriff Paul Davidson in Natchez, Mississippi, Anna accepts a temporary posting as a temporary Supervisory Ranger in the National Parks Service. Her assignment is for eight to twelve weeks in the Dry Tortugas National Park on Gardenn Key, as far south as one can go and still remain in the United States. On the surface, the place seems like paradise but there is an evil undercurrent running beneath the surface that Anna taps into.
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Anna's predecessor has gone insane and is currently undergoing treatment. His girlfriend Theresa mysteriously vanishes but what really arouses Anna's suspicion is the mysterious boat that explodes, killing two people with one of the victims wearing a smuggler's tattoo. Anna believes somebody is putting a drug in her bottled water. When she finally figures out what is going on, Anna has to act fast to prevent a massacre from occurring.
Nevada Barr intertwines the story of Anna's ancestors who lived on Tortugas right after the Civil War with what is happening to the heroine in the present day. Both stories are fascinating and keeps the reader's attention until the last page is turned. Anna has been in some very dangerous situations but this is her best adventure to date. It just doesn't get any better than FLASHBACK.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner