Review ~ 5 Stars for A Blizzard of Polar Bears - A Novel of Suspense by Alice Henderson

This book was absolutely amazing! Dr. Alex Carter is asked by a friend to take over her polar bear study in the Canadian arctic and she jumps on it. At first, all seems well and she's off and running with her collection of samples from the bears but one evening coming to the lab to work on her samples she finds a dark figure inside the lab and they have taken her samples, her computer zip drive among other notes of hers; however, leaving the other researchers' work alone. While at the local cafe she orders her favorite vegan dish and sitting next to her is an older man who is very shakey and oddly chooses a children's book to read and asks her for a napkin to write on. Then soon three individuals come in and chase him out. Later she'll find a piece of paper in her coat that she hangs in the lab that has a code that leads to coordinates out in the ocean. Then she learns that her helicopter pilot has quit and fortunately a new one signs on, his name is Casey. 

Off they go to the ice to search for more polar bears, she, Casey, and her grad student. Soon danger ensues, and 2 men and a woman on snowmobiles come firing shots at them. Then their helicopter crashes and they are left out on the ice to survive with what little bit they gathered from the helicopter. They settle in for their first night but soon the snowmobilers are back and firing at them. They are looking for something but Alex can't figure out what they want because they left her bear samples alone. Yet someone was trying to sabotage her study. Her grad student is shot and they learn that he was the one hired to sabotage her study and soon he dies. Then it's just she and Casey are out on the ice and more dangers await them. But Casey is not who he seems either. So, how is it trying to sabotage her study, and what other mysteries unfold? Read on to find out!

This book kept me engaged from page one until the very end. I loved it so much that I had to go and download the first book in the series! I can't wait for the next book in the series due this November. Truly an adventure awaits on every page and you will just love Alex plus what we learn about these amazing endangered species and global warming is eye-opening!