Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat (USA 2003)

From the Publisher:
The fascinating hero of Nevada Barr's award-winning series, park ranger Anna Pigeon has brought an unyielding love of nature and sense of fair play to the mystery genre. Track of the Cat is the acclaimed novel that first introduced readers to Anna, as a woman looking for peace in the wilderness -- and finding murder instead...

Patrolling the remote West Texas backcountry, Anna's first job as a national park ranger is marred by violence she thought she had left behind: the brutal death of a fellow ranger. When the cause of death is chalked up to a mountain lion attack, Anna's rage knows no bounds. It's up to her to save the protected cats from the politics and prejudices of the local -- and prove the kill was the work of a species far less rare...

Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat. The First Anna Pigeon Novel. Berkley Books, ISBN: 0425190838 (June, 2003), 263 p., $6.99.

Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
The memory of violence and loss droveAnna Pigeon from the city to seek peace in theSouthwestern wilderness. Now a ranger in America's national parks, Anna is at one with nature and its serene, unspoiled majesty. But thebrutal death of a fellow ranger in the remote West Texas backcountry -- presumably by mountain lion attack -- looks suspiciously like murder to Anna. And her unauthorized investigation into the tragedy is placing her squarely in harm's way. Fora trail with few leads winds through dangerous territory -- where Anna must confront the dark sideof the desert... and the human heart.

Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat. A Mystery. Avon Books, ISBN: 0380721643 (May, 1994), 238 p., $4.99.

Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat (USA 1993)

From the Publisher:
A stunning mystery set against the high-country trails of the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas, where the age-old battle of man against nature is fought with a frightening twist.
Anna Pigeon has fled New York and her memories to find work as a ranger in the country's national parks. In the remote backcountry of West Texas, however, she discovers murder and violence. Fellow park ranger Sheila Drury is mysteriously killed, presumably by a mountain lion. But the deep claw marks Anna finds across Drury's throat and the paw prints surrounding the body are too perfect to be real. Suspicious from the start and eager to prevent the needless slaughter of her beloved cougars, Anna can't let the matter rest.

The disappearance of another ranger and the frightening reality of a hiking "accident" of her own convince Anna that something is very wrong. Following a trail with few leads, Anna must confront the dark side of the desert. As she comes closer to the truth, she realizes that whatever is stalking the land she loves is now stalking her as well.

Atmospheric, evocative, and rich in the mysterious secrets of the Southwestern wilderness, Track of the Cat marks the mystery debut of a superior writer.

Nevada Barr: Track of the Cat. A Mystery. Putnam's, ISBN: 0399138242 (March, 1993), 238 p., $19.95.