| Title | : | The Forensic Geology Box Set (Forensic Geology #1-3) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 811 |
| Publication | : | First published December 3, 2013 |
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QUICKSILVER
Forensic geologists Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws plunge into the dark history of the California gold country, into the dark past of two brothers, into a poisonous feud that threatens lives and the land.
BADWATER
Death Valley earns its name when a terrorist threatens to unleash lethal radioactive toxins. The only ones who can find and stop him are the forensic geologists, and they are up against more than pure human malice. The unstable atom--in the hands of an unstable man--is governed by Murphy's Law. Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.
VOLCANO WATCH
The volcano beneath the geologists' home town is seething, and the mayor is found murdered with a note saying NO WAY OUT. The fate of the town now rests in the hands of an emergency planner with his own twisted agenda. As the volcano moves toward red alert, the geologists race to prevent 'no way out' from becoming a prophecy.
The Forensic Geology Box Set (Forensic Geology #1-3) Reviews
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The Forensic Geology Series
Quicksilver
Walter Shaws and Casie Oldfields are partners in Sierra Geoforensics a company that uses geology to assists companies and law enforcement to solve problems and crimes. In Quicksilver they were hired to find a missing brother in the old gold mining areas of the California Gold Country.
In Badwater, they are hired to help find the killer of the driver of a semi carrying a load of nuclear waste to a storage facility in the Death Valley area. By studying the dirt found on shoe soles and in fender wells of vehicles they reconstruct determine where the shoes and vehicles had been. They eventually unearth a plot to use the waste to contaminate the local watershed.
n Volcano Watch their home town of Mammoth Lakes, CA is being threatened by the impending eruption of a long dormant volcano and when the mayor of the town is discovered murdered they are enlisted to help find the killer. There is some town politics and a confrontation between the local volcanologist and a FEMA officer brought in to help establish evacuation routes should the volcano erupt.
I found the stories to be interesting and well done and enjoyed all three. -
Read this series!
Like many people, I love all the forensic series on television. I’ve read a several forensic novels, but most of them deal with DNA and other types of evidence. This is a whole different ball of wax! Well drawn characters, great plots, and enough geological detail leave you wanting more, but not so much that you’re bored, Books 1 & 2 were very good, but book 3, Volcano Watch, is absolutely gripping. The ending is totally unexpected, and makes makes a fitting punishment for the crime! I can’t wait to read book 4, Skeleton Sea. -
Being a geologist myself, I really enjoyed this series. Cass reminds me of Anna Pigeon, but with a geology background. I don't know if there are really forensic geologists like Cass, but the work she does is certainly fascinating and exciting, sometimes too exciting!
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Hot paced
Much better than book two! Two murders and a volcano on the brink of erupting, is someone trying to silence the voice of reason or create a panic. While trying to solve the murder of the town mayor will Walter and Cassie survive or be swept away in the volcanic blast. -
riveting
Each book keeps you on the edge of your seat! It also gives lessons in geology which can be dry reading, but not in this case! You actually understand what they are describing! That’s fascinating! -
These books are exceptionally well written. The characters mesh well together. I’ve loved reading them, because I love geology and forensics and it combines them both. Can’t wait to read the next one. I’ve bought them all and will buy the authors other books as well
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I am sure it may be a good book, but I can't abide profanity! If you can't write without using it, you shouldn't be writing.
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Boring
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I have now read 4 forensic geology books and will now read something else before I tackle another one.
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better than 3 stars not as good as 4
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I finished a box set today called: The Forensic Geology Series, Box Set by Toni Dwiggins. This series is written from a first person p.o.v. Cassie and Walter run forensic geology lab in Mammoth Lake, CA. They accept jobs from all over the world. Their expertise is identifying dirt and stone particles that a victim may have walked through. Cassie is our eyes and thoughts as we read. In the first 2 books, we know who the bad guy is up front, although book #2 has a 2nd protagonist, but I figured out who it was. The third book was more tricky just because Cassie and Walter couldn't find any evidence, but they got the bad guy in another way. These books are loaded with geographical and geology terms. But don't let this dissuade you. Writing is excellent and the author is very descriptive that she places you in the high country, the mountains or wherever the story is taking place. By the way, the 3rd book deals with a volcano at Mammoth Lake. All I can say is: WOW! So descriptive and since you are reading it from Cassie's p.o.v. you're in the middle of it and on the edge of your seat when that volcano blows! I look forward to reading more from this author.
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This was an interesting series. I am into Geology, so that added to my interest. They way they tracked the people down, using Geology, was to say the least, enjoyable. I did not read the series in one setting, as I felt it was too much, so I read a book, read another book and came back to the series. I felt, the last 2 were longer than they needed to be. They were very wordy and could have been condensed. Other than that, I liked the series.
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A great series about Forensic Geologists and how they solve crimes by studying the soils and rocks in the clothing and around the scene of the crime.
The crime solvers are an older man and his protege a young woman, they solve murders, terrorist attacks and various other types of crimes. Good read, nice science and good characters. -
It was a three book set. Three good stories.
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A new area for me that I found quite interesting.
