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Hardback edition 2007, St. Martin's Minotaur, New York
Mass market paperback edition 2008, St. Martin's Paperbacks, New York
Kindle edition, 2010
Book Description
Switching gears from the Em Hansen series, Sarah Andrews sets this mystery
in one of the most beautiful and hostile environments in the world: Antarctica.
Arriving at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to work on her master's thesis,
glaciologist Valena Walker discovers that the professor who was be her
thesis advisor has been arrested for murder and sent back to the U.S.
Without a supervisor, she is about to lose her grant and be shipped out
as well, with her research undone.
In an effort to forestall this threat and clear her professor's name,
Valena decides to investigate the mysterious death of a reporter from
exposure that is being called a possible murder. She pursues her leads
among the closed circle of scientists, technicans, and military personnel
living at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Sarah received a grant from the National Science Foundation to research
this novel at McMurdo Station. She spent two months there, so her descriptions
of the Station and this unique environment are written from personal observation.
Kirkus Reviews
"Antarctica proves the perfect location for a classic
locked-room puzzle. Pursuing her Master's degree under the guidance of
storied glaciologist Dr. Emmett Vanderzee, Valena Walker is about to fulfill
her dream of visiting the coldest continent.
Upon arrival, though, she is dismayed to hear that Emmett
has been shipped out, arrested for the murder of a reporter from a neocon
newspaper who was thought to have died from altitude sickness. In fact,
Valena herself is about to be sent back to the States. Devastated, but
undaunted, she turns detective attempting to figure out what really happened
at the remote camp... Some of Emmett's colleagues help her chart a course
among the scientists, technicians and military personnel at the main base
at McMurdo; others warn her to back off...
Against the breathtakingly beautiful and perilous backdrop
of Antarctica, Valena keeps up her dangerous search for the truth, hoping
to save Emmett's career and her own.
Andrews (Dead Dry, 2005, etc,) sets a satisfying
combination of mystery, politics, science and history in a land of stark
beauty and ever-present danger."
Library Journal (starred
review)
"Arriving in Antarctica to work on her master's thesis, glaciologist
Valena Walker discovers that her professor has been arrested for murder.
Determined to avoid being shipped back to the States before she completes
her studies, she decides to investigate a reporter's mysterious death
from exposure.
After a slow start, the story picks up until it crackles
with energy and purpose.
Geologist Andrews, author of the "Em Hansen" series (Earth
Colors), received a grant from the National Science Foundation to
research this novel at the South Pole. Introducing an intriguing new detective
in a unique setting, this mystery, Andrews's best so far, is brilliantly
written and painstakingly authentic. Highly recommended for all mystery
collections."
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