title: Bone Hunter (Em Hansen Mysteries)
author:  Sarah Andrews 
description: Science and detective work should go together naturally. After all, they're both about the pursuit of truth. But aside from medical thrillers, not many writers nowadays embark upon the scientific mystery. Of those who do, Andrews, whose novels feature forensic geologist Em Hansen, has become a leading light. The fifth entry in Andrews's series (after Only Flesh and Bones) rivets both as a crime story and as a discussion of the relationship between science and religion. Em is working as a petroleum geologist when George Dishey, a famous paleontologist, invites her to speak at a conference in Salt Lake City. Flattered, she accepts, although she knows little about his specialty: dinosaurs. Em is Dishey's houseguest when he is savagely murdered, and her status as prime suspect leads her to launch an independent investigation of her host's death. Em is a vulnerable and highly appealing lead, and Andrews shines at showing readers what it's like to be a scientist. Em believes in "the pleasures of learning"; readers will happily learn alongside her as she finds out about dinosaur fossils. The allure of scientific discovery is strongly felt in this novel, as is the jealously and pettiness of paleontologists engaged in academic back stabbing. Em is attracted to Ray, a police officer assigned to the murder case. Ray is a devout Mormon, and Em wonders about the difference between his religion and her rational scientific beliefs. It's a crisis of conscience for her: can a spiritual life honorably co-exist with a life devoted to science? Andrews provides absorbing discussions of creationism, fossil excavation and the scientific method. Her novel is a suspenseful mystery spiked with dinosaurs, science and religion: what more could readers ask for? Author tour. (Sept.) <br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: Wolf Investigations and Securities Inc. Series
  Book 1
  Bad to the Bone
  By Crystal Dawn
  Cover by ZH Designs
  2016 Copyright by Crystal Dawn
  Edited by Eagle Editing
  This book is the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to any persons living or
  dead are simply a coincidence. Any locations or events are fictitious or used in a fictional manner.
   
  
   
  Chapter 1
  Security Issues
   
  Bone tired after a long day of work and some additional training, Moe walked in the house and
  dropped her keys on the table by the door. She sat on the chair in the entry way to untie her combat
  boots and take them and her socks off. Moe wiggled her toes and stretched them out. A sound of relief
  and pleasure slipped out. Damn, that felt good. Not as good as the shower she would be taking soon,
  but it was a start.
  Stripping as she headed toward the bathroom, she let her guard down since she was finally home.
  Fully naked and feeling gloriously free, she stepped through the door in the bathroom and roug