Frankie MacFarlane Mysteries

When colleague Dora Simpson asks Frankie MacFarlane to fill in as geology professor on a whitewater trip hrough the heart of the Grand Canyon, Frankie jumps at the chance. Eight days. Nearly two hundred...

Finalist, Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Award, Adult Fiction ForeWord Book of the Year Award, Honorable Mention After the murderous rigors of her Ph.D. field research, Frankie MacFarlane is happy to be settling down in her native Tucson, house-sitting the family home and teaching geology at Foothills Community College. Little does she imagine that a brief fishing trip to Mexico with her brother Jamie and his girlfriend, Carla, could entangle her in a string of murder, mythology, and international intrigue. Nonetheless, Frankie responds in true form. Noticing every nuance of her surroundings, both natural and manmade, Frankie skids through a heart-stopping and unforgettable chase from the Sea of Cortez to Tucson’s Sabino Canyon.

Fifth in the Frankie MacFarlane mysteries

In the fourth Frankie MarFarlane mystery the geologist, her students, and an old friend discover a murder among the volcanic hoodoos of the desert Southwest.

The first of the Frankie MacFarlane Series The mountains west of Pair-a-Dice, Nevada, hold mysteries geological, historical, and personal. Geologist Frankie MacFarlane has mapped the Paleozoic and...

In this third installment of the Frankie MacFarlane Mysteries, Frankie’s doctoral committee members are being attacked, and a fellow student disappears.