Even though the book is set on a reality [TV] show, that kind of serves as a backbone for the book. It's not so much about a reality show as [it is] just set on a reality show. It's more about the relationships between the characters.
In the middle of a cold bleak winter Park Ranger Anna Pigeon has been dispatched to Isle Royale, in Lake Superior, to have an up-close look at wolves, in Nevada Barr's mystery "Winter Study." Anna's arrival coincides with developments that could threaten this, the longest-running study of its kind -- and with a suspicious death.