In Cold Pursuit

In this book, Andrews does what she does best--make the reader "see" the locals she describes. I want to go to Antarctica! I was fascinated by the scientific research that is ongoing and the detailed look at what life is like for both scientists and support staff in this huge, magnificent, deadly "last continent".

I too was unhappy with the editing, although not really put off by it. I was a bit disappointed that Valena didn't have to survive by her wits alone in some remote, dangerous region, and/or kick the villain in the balls and drag his ass behind one of the snowmobiles. She is certainly tough and strong enough to do it. But, and this is a big BUT, she is not Em Hansen

However, the book is a great read; the solution to the mystery satisfying and scientific; Valena is a real character faced with very difficult personal, physical, and academic dilemmas; and I believe that she "falls" for a very cool guy.

Sarah has lived there! She shared the unbelievable beauty and danger of Antarctica, tossed in just enough philosophy to make her quotable, added enough humor and grit to make her fellow adventurers come alive, and best of all, reminded me what it means to be a scientific researcher doing work that really means something!

I have read all of Sarah Andrews’s fiction, and this book is one of her best.