Forensic geologist Em Hansen might finally be falling in love again. But just as she's getting closer to FBI agent Jack Sampler, he takes off on a mysterious assignment. When he doesn't return Em believes he's in trouble but only knows two things about where he's gone: Florida and killer dust. Bu...
Valena Walker is a dedicated master's student in geology headed to Antarctica to study glaciology with the venerable Dr. Emmett Vanderzee. Being on the ice is something she's dreamed about since she was a little girl. But when she finally arrives at McMurdo, she discovers that her professor has b...
YOU NEVER MISS YOUR WATER--TILL YOUR TIME RUNS OUT... For Em Hansen, things couldn't be better professionally and personally. She's got a full-time gig with the Utah Geological Survey; she's the go-to forensic geologist for state law enforcement--and a long-simmering acquaintance with a handsome...
Still recuperating from her father's death and her mother's recovery from alcohol addiction, geologist and amateur sleuth Emily "Em" Hansen is out of work and unhappily whiling away her time on her family's Wyoming ranch. So when her former boss, oil millionaire J.C. Menken, asks Em for help--and...
Packed with suspense, science and lots of gold, Sarah Andrews' sixth novel takes us from the eagles' domain high over the American West right down into the depths of the earth itself. Like a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, Andrews' engaging heroine, forensic geologist Emily Hansen, uses geological ...
With the Winter Olympics approaching, Salt Lake City is trembling with excitement-literally. A real life earthquake has torn fissures into the city's preparations, and now forensic geologist Em Hansen has a rare opportunity to get some field work in before her home is overrun by tourists and athl...
Time and again, Emily-- Em-- Hansen uses her geological training and her unflinching scientist's eye to sniff out a killer. Now in her newest case, Em heads to Utah for a paleontology conference and ends up embroiled in murder when her host, a notorious dinosaur expert, ends up dead, stabbed wi...
I had slept much later than I had intended. It in fact surprised me that I had been able to sleep this long: Generally, when I am this far into a case, sleep is something I am lucky to acquire in three- and four-hour chunks. In fact, I had to force myself awake to escape the scenery that sleep wa...
Denis April 6 Dear God, We’ve been so busy marveling at the majesty of Your Creation that I haven’t had time to write to you, so I’ll try to catch up! We’ve camped for four nights now on beaches in Your canyon, singing hymns of praise to You each and every night. Lord, how I thank Thee for Thy ki...
She was blond and heavily freckled and muscular and almost six feet tall and withstood the gale without a parka, but she had to shout to be heard over the wind, her Australian accent twisting around their ears. “Ye’ll want to take your gear out to the bunkhouse now, before it blows any harder.” S...