From Publishers Weekly
Geology student Valena Walker receives a rude awakening when she arrives at Antarctica's McMurdo Station in this less than successful first in a new series from Andrews, creator of geologist-turned-sleuth Em Hansen (
Eye for Gold, etc.). The scientist Walker was expecting to work for, Emmett Vanderzee, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a journalist who died a year earlier. Still hoping to conduct research into glaciers but needing Vanderzee's supervision to keep her grant, Walker begins poking around the closed community of scientists and support staff for a way to clear his name. Andrews, who spent two months in Antarctica on a research grant for her novel, convincingly portrays life in one of earth's most hostile environments. Unfortunately, the whodunit plot isn't up to the atmospherics, while Walker comes up with a solution that's unrelated to her professional expertise.
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Review
Praise for the Novels of Sarah Andrews “Compelling.”
---The Dallas Morning News on Dead Dry
“Fans of this series will find plenty to like in Dead Dry, and any mystery reader who enjoys the lovely rocks of Colorado will, too.”
---Rocky Mountain News on Dead Dry
“Ably combining science and suspense, Andrews once again entertains and educates.”
---Publishers Weekly on Killer Dust
“Compulsively readable.”
---Houston Chronicle on Fault Line
“Andrews . . . has become a leading light. . . . Her novel is a suspenseful mystery spiked with dinosaurs, science, and religion: What more could readers ask for?”
---Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Bone Hunter