Reviews for A fall in Denver

The average rating for A fall in Denver based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-17 00:00:00 Ygiuoijp Dgdiyt "Sarah Andrews's first Em Hansen novel, Tensleep, staked out new territory in the mystery field with its winning combination of geology, ecology, and mayhem. Critics and readers alike fell in love with Em Hansen, the engaging female protagonist who solves crimes while battling stereotypes in the rowdy and unruly male world of the oi8l patch. "The oil field has always been a volatile place to risk making a living. But now, during one of the steepest downturns ever, hard lessons await geologist Em when she swaps her blue jeans for tweeds and heads for Blackfeet Oil's corporate headquarters in Denver. "She's coming up in the world -- all the way to the twelfth floor of the Cattlemen's Exchange Building, where everyone seems far more qualified than Em and where nothing seems to make sense. Why, for instance, does Em and not the knowledgeable and attractive Peter Tutaraitis get an assignment so important that it has corporate titans doing battle in the boardroom? And why, during Em's first day on the job, does a twenty-seven-year-old accountant named Gerald Luftweiller plunge from the building's sixteenth floor to his death? Was it suicide, or was something more ominous behind his fateful plunge? "When a temporary lull leaves her stocking her desk with paper clips and reading the company policy manual, Em has time to ponder her strangely unfriendly colleagues and the possible reasons for Luftweiller's demise. "There's time, too, to reflect on the oil patch itself, the land of temptation, where power, money, and sweet-talking men can quickly lead a lonesome cowgirl astray, especially when old rivalries crop up in a new venue. Surrounded by people she can hardly trust, missing her boyfriend Frank, who is still in Wyoming, Em soon finds herself looking for a ruthless killer, not oil. "A Fall in Denver, set in the lively Mile High City, takes us into the gambler's world of oil and geology, where death can have strings attached, and truth can be a matter of interpretation. "Rich with geological detail and an insider's view of the oil industry, this is the novel that will confirm Sarah Andrews's place as one of the most talented new voices in crime fiction." ~~front & back flaps I just dove head first into this book. I enjoyed Tensleep so much & was anxious to see how a particular story line developed in this book. To avoid spoilers, I was sorely disappointed in the outcome of that part of Em's ongoing saga, but the book was very well written and it was interesting to watch her grow from the naive young woman she had been. I found this plot harder to follow -- more convoluted: one of those "if THIS happened, then THAT person must be involved ... I think ..." sort of plots -- not my cup of tea. I'm hoping the remaining books in the series are more to my liking than this one, and I still retain a small hope that that story line will be resolved the way I want it to be.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-09-13 00:00:00 Michael Maurer Beach reading. Em Hansen is a geologist who solved the murder of her friend Bill while working as a mudlogger in WY. Now she's taken a desk job as a geologist for an oil company is Denver. The title is a double entendre as she's there in the fall and two workers in her building fall to their deaths as she's starting her new job. She finds it difficult to find friends as it appears she's a young woman in a male oriented business and she's been hired at a lower salary to replace people who've been laid off. There are also a number of her acquaintances from her hated east coast prep school who have relocated to Denver for one reason or another - including one of the dead guys. Her first task is to analyse one of the company's oil fields. It eventually turns out that their field shares an oil source with a neighboring field owned by another company. That company has been pumping gas back in while waiting for the price to go up. Em's company has been pumping this out and stealing it from the other company. Knowledge of this, plus rivalries amongst the prep school contingent, has set in motion the events leading to the deaths. Em can't help herself from investigating. She eventually joins forces with the Denver PD detective working the case to figure it all out. This was a easy read and a painless way to learn some more about geologists at oil companies. The twist at the end was both predictable and a little unlikely, but I've definitely read crazier.