Synopses & Reviews
Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park, giant wolf prints are found, and she spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced they are being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary.
Review
STRONG, EVOCATIVE WRITING
frigid winds blow through Winter Study as the suspense heats up.
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
Barr skillfully uses archetypal images of the wolf to deepen the suspense.
WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Fast-paced, intricately plotted, and filled with foreboding.
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
Riveting.
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
Synopsis
Soon after Anna Pigeon joins the famed wolf study team of Isle Royale National Park in the middle of Lake Superior, the wolf packs begin to behave in peculiar ways. Giant wolf prints are found, and Anna spies the form of a great wolf from a surveillance plane. When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced they are being stalked, and what was once a beautiful, idyllic refuge becomes a place of unnatural occurrences and danger beyond the ordinary...