Chasm

Description: "While teaching on a trip to the Grand Canyon, Frankie MacFarlane is attacked and tries to escape the canyons, eventually up again ecoterrorist wannabes trying to destroy one of the exits"--

Brief description: Susan Cummins Miller, a former field geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and college instructor, is a research affiliate and SIROW Scholar with the University of Arizona's Southwest Institute for Research on Women. In addition to the Frankie MacFarlane mysteries, she is the editor of A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922 (TTUP, 2007). She lives in Tucson.

Review Quotes: A powerful, thought-provoking mystery about the human will to survive and endure against insurmountable odds. Susan Cummins Miller does a terrific job of guiding us on a harrowing river trip through the Grand Canyon where the rapids present the least of the dangers. And what can I say about Frankie MacFarlane except that she is one of the smartest, most resourceful, and wholly unforgettable sleuths around.
--Margaret Coel, author of Night of the White Buffalo

Chasm is a wild ride of a novel. Frankie MacFarlane faces intelligent, highly-motivated villains and the beautiful dangers of the Colorado River as it rages through the Grand Canyon. The story unfolds against a background of magnificent ancient geology with the heart-pounding energy of a thriller. Highly recommended.
--Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter