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Em Hansen Mystery Books in Order

Em Hansen Mystery by Sarah Andrews contains 11 books, published between 1994 and 2011. The first book is Tensleep (1994) and the newest is Rock Bottom (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
1994–2011
Pages on record
3,457 in 10 of 11 books
Reading time
58–86 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,457 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Em Hansen Mystery checklist

Sarah Andrews's Em Hansen Mystery is filed under women sleuths, and its subject headings pair the fictitious character Em Hansen with women geologists and forensic geology. The 11 books run from Tensleep (1994) to Rock Bottom (2011), with A Fall in Denver (1995), Only Flesh and Bones (1998), An Eye for Gold (2000), Killer Dust (2003) and Dead Dry (2005) among them. Places named in the subjects include Denver, Salt Lake City and Meeteetse, Wyoming. The series is marked likely complete.

How many Em Hansen Mystery books are there?

Em Hansen Mystery has 11 books, released between 1994 and 2011.

Em Hansen Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Em Hansen Mystery books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of A Fall in Denver by Sarah Andrews, book 2 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (1995)
  2. Cover of Mother Nature by Sarah Andrews, book 3 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (1997)
  3. Cover of Only Flesh and Bones by Sarah Andrews, book 4 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (1998)
  4. Cover of Bone Hunter by Sarah Andrews, book 5 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (1999)
  5. Cover of An Eye for Gold by Sarah Andrews, book 6 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2000)
  6. Cover of Fault Line by Sarah Andrews, book 7 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2002)
  7. Cover of Killer Dust by Sarah Andrews, book 8 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2003)
  8. Cover of Earth Colors by Sarah Andrews, book 9 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2004)
  9. Cover of Dead Dry by Sarah Andrews, book 10 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2005)
  10. Cover of Rock Bottom by Sarah Andrews, book 11 of the Em Hansen Mystery series (2011)
  1. 1
    Tensleep1994 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994304
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  2. 2
    A Fall in Denver1995 · 272 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995272
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  3. 3
    Mother Nature1997 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997352
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  4. 4
    Only Flesh and Bones1998 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998368
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  5. 5
    Bone Hunter1999 · 353 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999353
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  6. 6
    An Eye for Gold2000 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000384
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  7. 7
    Fault Line2002 · 336 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002336
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  8. 8
    Killer Dust2003 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003352
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  9. 9
    Earth Colors2004 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004368
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  10. 10
    Dead Dry2005 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005368
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  11. 11
    Rock Bottom2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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Is there a chronological order for Em Hansen Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Em Hansen Mystery, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Em Hansen Mystery books in order?

You should read the Em Hansen Mystery books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Em Hansen Mystery book also stands alone.

Where to start with Em Hansen Mystery

Start with Tensleep (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Em Hansen Mystery book?

Rock Bottom (2011) is the newest Em Hansen Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Em Hansen Mystery book coming?

No next Em Hansen Mystery book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Em Hansen Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Em Hansen Mystery title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Em Hansen Mystery books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,457 pages across the 10 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 352 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Em Hansen Mystery books, 5 of 11, were published in the 2000s.

What the Em Hansen Mystery books are about

All 11 Em Hansen Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: em hansen (fictitious character) is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sarah Andrews

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Em Hansen Mystery books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.