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Staying away is hard, returning may prove fatal While assisting with a routine house clearance, Tanya Bowe, a recently divorced, former investigative journalist, encounters her long absent schoolmate, Melanie Conrad. Not long afterwards, Mel is discovered lifeless at the foot of the stairs in the same house. The police are quick to deem it an accident, but Tanya's instincts scream murder. Determined to discover the truth, she uses her skills...

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Armed with an MBA, Sam Harris is storming the CityBut has she swapped one jungle for another?Forging a new career was never going to be easy, and Sam Harris soon discovers she has not escaped from the culture of misogyny and corruption that blighted her field career.Her heroic past is revealed at a mining drinks party, and she finally achieves the acceptance she has always craved. But being one of the boys is not the panacea she expected. When...

Armed with an MBA, Sam Harris is storming the CityBut has she swapped one jungle for another?Forging a new career was never going to be easy, and Sam Harris soon discovers she has not escaped from the culture of misogyny and corruption that blighted her field career.Her heroic past is revealed at a mining drinks party, and she finally achieves the acceptance she has always craved. But being one of the boys is not the panacea she expected. When...

Exiled from the safety of the capitalShunned by her colleagues at the mineHow could it get any worse?It's 1998 and Geologist Sam Harris is so desperate for money, she takes a job in a tinpot mining company working in war-torn Tamazia. But she never expected to be kidnapped by blood thirsty rebels.Working in Gemsite was never going to be easy with its culture of misogyny and corruption. Her boss, the notorious Adrian Black is engaged in a game ...

Exiled from the safety of the capitalShunned by her colleagues at the mineHow could it get any worse?It's 1998 and Geologist Sam Harris is so desperate for money, she takes a job in a tinpot mining company working in war-torn Tamazia. But she never expected to be kidnapped by blood thirsty rebels.Working in Gemsite was never going to be easy with its culture of misogyny and corruption. Her boss, the notorious Adrian Black is engaged in a game ...

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It's 1996. Geologist Sam Harris has been around the block, but she's prone to nostalgia, so she snatches the chance to work in Sierramar, her old stomping ground. But she never expected to be working for a company that is breaking all the rules.When the analysis results from drill samples are suspiciously high, Sam makes a decision that puts her life in peril. Can she blow the lid on the conspiracy before they shut her up for good?The Bonita P...

An erratic boss. Suspicious results. Stock market shenanigans. Can Sam Harris expose the scam before they silence her?It's 1996. Geologist Sam Harrishas been around the block, but she's prone to nostalgia, so she snatches the chance to work in Sierramar, her old stomping ground. But she never expected to be working for a company that is breaking all the rules.When the analysis results from drill samples are suspiciously high, Sam makes a decis...

An alcoholic historian goes missingSurely it's a drunken bender?But then she meets the NazisStart reading this fast-paced semi-finalist from the 2018 Adventure Writers' Competition. It's 1988. Geologist Sam Harris needs an escape. When she learns that her friend, historian Alfredo Vargas, has gone missing in Sierramar, she gives her personal life some much needed space and takes the next plane there. But she never expected to be following the ...

The job in Simbako was straightforwardFind a diamond deposit in gravel which is famous for themBut no one told her about fallout from the Civil WarIt's 1990 and Geologist Sam Harris goes to West Africa to work in the diamond fields of Fona. She is soon involved with a cast of characters who are starring in their own soap opera, a dangerous mix of superstition, cultural practices and ignorance (mostly her own).When she uncovers the tale of a ma...

Money is being syphoned from the Masaibu ProjectThe local elephant herd is being slaughteredNobody even mentioned the pygmiesIt's 1993 and Geologist Sam Harris gets a call in the middle of the night that takes her to the Masaibu project in West Africa. The project is collapsing under the weight of corruption and chicanery.She struggles to navigate the murky waters to get the project back on course, hindered by interference from people who want...

Getting her first job was the hard partAt least that's what she thoughtBut then she found the Inca steps...It's 1987 and Sam Harris has a problem. She's a geologist at a time when women are recently entering the male domain of mining and finding strong resistance. Undeterred by the difficulties this presents, she is determined to overcome her inexperience and naivety to make her mark in a man's world.Desperate for her first job, she accepts a ...

Money is being syphoned from the Masaibu ProjectThe local elephant herd is being slaughteredNobody even mentioned the pygmiesIt's 1993 and Geologist Sam Harris gets a call in the middle of the night that takes her to the Masaibu project in West Africa. The project is collapsing under the weight of corruption and chicanery.She struggles to navigate the murky waters to get the project back on course, hindered by interference from people who want...

An alcoholic historian goes missingSurely it's a drunken bender?But then she meets the NazisStart reading this fast-paced semi-finalist from the 2018 Adventure Writers' Competition. It's 1988 and Geologist Sam Harris needs an escape. When she learns that her friend, historian Alfredo Vargas, has gone missing in Sierramar, she gives her personal life some much needed space and takes the next plane there. But she never expected to be following t...

The job in Simbako was straightforwardFind a diamond deposit in gravel which is famous for themBut no one told her about fallout from the Civil WarIt's 1990 and Geologist Sam Harris goes to West Africa to work in the diamond fields of Fona. She is soon involved with a cast of characters who are starring in their own soap opera, a dangerous mix of superstition, cultural practices and ignorance (mostly her own).When she uncovers the tale of a ma...

When her first job turns into a treasure hunt, Sam Harris finds herself in mortal danger.Newly qualified geologist Sam Harris is a woman in a man's world - overlooked and underpaid, but resilient and passionate. Desperate for her first job, she accepts a contract searching for gold deposits in the remote rainforests of Sierramar. When she accidentally uncovers a clue to a long-lost treasure buried deep within the jungle, the adventure really b...