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Carregando... Tensleep (1994)de Sarah Andrews
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. The stock advice to new writers is to write what you know. And oil field geologist, turned environmental remediation professional, turned author Sarah Andrews, did just that for her debut novel. The strength of Tensleep is that Sarah clearly knows the life she portrays of being a woman making her way in the dirty world of oil drilling, a world many of us only glimpse. The weakness of Tensleep, is that like many fledgling novelists, Sarah didn't quite strike the right balance between describing the detailia of life on a rig with the actions, motivations, feelings and personification of the characters. There were also a few plot holes, not too bad for a typically formulaic genre. Tensleep was promising enough that I will put the next in the series [b:A Fall in Denver|768217|A Fall in Denver (Em Hansen Mystery, #2)|Sarah Andrews|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1315074723s/768217.jpg|754281]on my TBR list, but not so enthralling to catapult reading more in this series to the top of a very long list. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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"Some people would call Meeteetse, Wyoming, a one-horse town. But, in reality, there are plenty of horses - just not very many people. Crouching between the high peaks of the Absorakas Mountains and the lonely badlands of the Big Horn Basin, Meeteetse draws its thin living from the nearby oil fields and ranches and the occasional tourist." "Neighbors know each other's business all too well in Meeteetse. The dueling gossips at the Blue Ribbon Cafe and the A&W - not to mention the Cowboy Bar regulars - make sure of that. Yet much like in the oil business, sometimes the most interesting facts are hidden beneath the surface. . . ." "In her tiny office in the dingy Blackfeet Oil Company trailer where she works as a "mudlogger," Em Hansen makes a living out of tracking what's beneath the surface of the endless Wyoming prairie. Often the only woman on the isolated oil rig, Em has perfected the art of the low profile - both personally and professionally. And it's that very detachment that allows her to detect an unusual pattern of events on the rig." "Bill Kretzmer, the Blackfeet Oil Company geologist, was a meticulous man - and Em's friend and mentor. Yet when his pickup truck overturns one night on a familiar road, his death is chalked up to carelessness. No one, except Em, notices that the private files in which he kept his own drilling notes are missing." "Em's curiosity soon attracts the unwanted attention of Ed Meyer, the boorish chief engineer. Meyer's attention can be dangerous - as any woman who knows him can attest. But is there more to his harassment than his standard leering, macho routine?" "As Em pursues her intuitions, she discovers friends she never knew she had on the rig - and at least one murderous enemy." "Tensleep marks the debut of both the exceptionally talented Sarah Andrews and her endearing hero - geologist Em Hansen."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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There are some great characters here, especially the two victims! Em starts out being very timid, very withdrawn and very scared but she grows and changes as the book moves along. When I first started the book I wasn't sure I would finish it, and if I did I wasn't sure I would read more in the series because Em was so uncertain a person. But, she started to gain more confidence and more personality and that made the book work for me.
I'll give the next in the series a try to see if my optimism is confirmed. ( )