I received a free copy of A Blizzard of Polar Bears from the publisher, all opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved A Solitude of Wolverines, which I read last year. I was so excited to receive an advanced copy of A Blizzard of Polar Bears. It didn't disappoint. Alex gets assigned in Canada to do a polar bear study, but sabotage, death and poaching starts to derail the study. I love that Alex seems to find herself in these situation, but the story was very well written. I found myself almost experiencing the cold weather with Alex as she became stranded on the ice in the book!

This is a suspenseful story that I really enjoyed. This is the second book that I have read by this author and in this series which I highly suggest reading the first book as well. I enjoyed being pulled into the story by the connectable characters. They made the story engaging and entertaining to read. This is a fast paced story that has twists and turns like no other. I enjoyed the plot growth as well as the character growth throughout the story. The authors use of details made the story realistic. This is a story about Alex and her study of polar bears. Things start taking a turn for the worst when her helicopter pilot quits and her equipment turns up missing and she is now left to rely on her own skills. What will happen to Alex? i really enjoy her character and what she brings to the story. This is a great read and I highly recommend it.

4.25 wildlife preservation stars

This was another stellar installment in the Alex Carter series. This time she’s off to Canada and engaged to do a polar bear study. This one is important as polar bear habitat is increasingly threatened. Alex quickly gets to work with a helicopter at the ready and a team member who helps gather data from the polar bears they tranquilize.

It was so interesting to read about the work that goes into doing a study like this, gathering samples, analyzing the results, and ending with a report that hopes to protect important animal species.

Just like in book #1, trouble seems to follow Alex. There’s a theft, the helicopter pilot quits, sabotage, and then the lives of the whole team are threatened as they are stranded out on the ice.

Author Alice Henderson does an excellent job putting us into the setting, I could easily visualize the ice features and the harsh cold. It wasn’t clear if the study was at risk or if there was another element at play in this one. There were some serious people after Alex, and I worried countless times for her safety. She does know how to defend herself, but eventually her luck must run out.

This was a book that was given away in a free monthly promotion and my first by this author so now I need to pick up the first installment of this series featuring Alex Carter, a wildlife expert. I was so I to reading about the pack of polar bears in the article that I almost forgot I was reading a thriller and what a great thriller it is!

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. Alex is going to the artic to study wildlife. While their strange things start occurring. She is unsure is she will survive. This book kept me interested from the start.

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“But the battle is so much harder than I ever could have imagined, and while some people are out there fighting the good fight, many others who do care feel paralyzed by a lack of hope and don’t do anything.”

I love Alice Henderson’s books because I learn so much, but it’s not too saturated to where I lose the plot. I need to buckle the eff up and hang on for a wild ride, and still end up doing a deep dive in research after. (Thanks for the deep dive on Miss Piggy, the plane, not the muppet)

In true Alex Carter fashion, here we have our MC saving the day, caring for the animals of nature, and somehow, she’s escaping death like it’s her side job. I clutched my pearls quite a few times and audibly let out an “oh shit” a few times.

I really liked how we got to know the identity of mysterious stalker person and what their reason was for sending those cryptic messages. Having those 2/3 chapters dedicated to them made the story click so well from book 1 to book 2. Usually, I’d be confused from the jump in time and POV, but this just made sense.

Honestly, I didn’t think I’d cry, yet here I was crying because of a damn opossum. I had all the feels, mostly anger and anticipation from the wild ride in A Blizzard of Polar Bears. I felt this packed more education than the previous, but still, a solid 5 ⭐️ read for me. Thank you so much @williammorrownfor the gifted copy. A Blizzard of Polar Bears is out now.

Gosh golly Alice Henderson knows how to write a nature thriller. (If that isn’t a thing, I am making this a thing and this series is definitely it). Alex Carter is back and this time is researching polar bears in Canada. I was hooked right from the beginning and didn’t want to stop reading. I learned so much about polar bears that I had never known before while also turning pages to find out what happens to Alex and her crew. There is a lot of action, a lot of close calls, a lot of information presented in a way that you don’t even know you are learning, and a hint of romance, along with a dash of suspense. I highly recommend this series and am impatiently waiting for a third installment.

Thank you to Netgalley, William Morrow Books and Scene of the Crime reads for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest opinion.

Wildlife biologist, Alex Carter, finds herself in the Canadian Arctic to study polar bears. After several unfortunate incidents surrounding their research, Alex begins to think that someone doesn’t want the polar bear study moving forward. Then the helicopter carrying Alex and her team crash lands in the middle of the ice, leaving the three of them stranded in the middle of a gathering storm. As they attempt to hunker down, they suddenly find themselves being hunted by three masked gunman. Who are these people, and what do they want?

I loved the first Alex Carter story—A Solitude of Wolverines—and I was excited when I saw this one coming out. It did not disappoint! I love the characters, the story, and how the author weaves in information about the environment. I love mysteries set out in the wilderness and this was another great one. I would definitely recommend it!

Thank for the ARC in return for an honest review. I LOVED it. I really liked Wolverine, so I was excited to read Polar Bear. Henderson did not fail. The story was gripping, the learning curve about polar bears was steep. While the end was a little predictable it was unputdownable for the last half. I can't wait for the next Alex Carter adventure.

Wildlife biologist Alex Carter is back, fighting for endangered species in the Canadian Arctic and battling for her life in this action-packed follow-up to A Solitude of Wolverines, “a true stunner of a thriller debut” (James Rollins) and “a great read” (Nevada Barr).


Fresh off her wolverine study in Montana, wildlife biologist Alex Carter lands a job studying a threatened population of polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. Embedded with a small team of Arctic researchers, she tracks the majestic bears by air, following them over vast, snowy terrain, spending days leaning precariously out of a helicopter with a tranquilizer gun, until she can get down on the ice to examine them up close.

But as her study progresses, and she gathers data on the health of individual bears, things start to go awry. Her helicopter pilot quits unexpectedly, equipment goes missing, and a late-night intruder breaks into her lab and steals the samples she’s collected. She realizes that someone doesn’t want her to complete her study, but Alex is not easily deterred.

Managing to find a replacement pilot, she returns to the icy expanses of Hudson Bay. But the helicopter catches fire in midflight, forcing the team to land on a vast sheet of white far from civilization. Surviving on the frozen landscape is difficult enough, but as armed assailants close in on snowmobiles, Alex must rely on her skills and tenacity to survive this onslaught and carry out her mission.

Alex Carter is a wildlife biologist. She is just finishing up a wolverine study in Montana when she is offered chance to next move on to Churchill, Hudson Bay to run a polar bear study. This is just the kind of research she does, impact of climate change on wild life. But somehow, she ends up in the middle of murder and mystery once again. This is the second in this series and just as good as the first. These books offer information on the animal she is studying as well as a good mystery to solve in a new place.

3.5 stars

The story had lots of action, a hint of romance, fascinating, even enigmatic characters, lots of info on polar bears and climate change, even a treasure hunt. It dragged a bit at times but I liked it a lot. Now to see if my library has the first book. Some plot bits in this book may have been less confusing if I'd read the first book though this one worked fine on its own. If you like mysteries and action mixed with science and wildlife, then this book is for you.

Alex Carter is wrapping up her study of wolverines when she is offered a new project tagging polar bears below the Arctic Circle in Manitoba. With her assistant Neal, her first trip out to the ice finds a mother bear and her cubs. Alex gathers her data from the sedated bear, noting that it is slightly malnourished due to climate changes. Satisfied with her find, they return to the Churchill Center for Arctic Studies to log her samples. It isn’t long before things start to go wrong. A break in at the Center results in the theft of Alex’s research. On their next attempt to track the bears, Alex discovers some of her equipment is missing and shortly after their helicopter pilot quits. They are lucky to find Casey, a new pilot, but someone sabotages their helicopter, stranding them out on the ice. When three people arrive on snowmobiles it is evident that they are not there to rescue them, but Alex has no idea why they are trying to stop them or what they are searching for. What follows is a fight for survival in deadly conditions.

Alice Henderson takes you on a journey with A Blizzard of Polar Bears that makes you feel the brutal cold experienced by Alex and her companions. Tagging the polar bears and the effects of climate change on their environment and food supply is a fascinating subject. When it is combined with stalking, theft, poaching and murder it provides a story that is impossible to put down. Alex is a strong character who is a trained observer who is also trained in martial arts. With Casey, who has a military background, they make a formidable pair, but Casey is hiding something from Alex. While she feels an attraction to him she is also cautious. The revelation of who he really is and his background take her by surprise and the results are devastating. As a wildlife biologist, there are so many more adventures that Henderson can create for Alex and I am hoping that she will return soon. I would like to thank NetGalley and William Morrow/Custom House for making this book available for my review.

An explosive thriller set in the Arctic. Not only do you get one heck of an adventure but you get seals, polar bear and flipping narwhals to add to the story. It’s a great and unusual premise steeped in greed. It’s only 4 star because some of the moments are a bit out there there’s a lot of explaining as the story wraps up and I prefer to do that on my own. Thanks to NetGalley for the early ARC.

Learning that the main character in Alice Henderson's A Solitude of Wolverines was a wildlife biologist-- and that Henderson herself is one-- made this first book in the Alex Carter series a must-read and a very good one at that. A Blizzard of Polar Bears is even better.

The scenes in which Alex tracks the polar bears by air and then lands to examine them are wonderful. I felt as though I was with her, and I learned so much about the animals as well as the things that are used to track them, whether it's Burr on Fur or the Whiskerprint Project. Let me tell you, this mystery series is perfect for those readers who love wildlife.

Moreover, if you're a wildlife lover who also enjoys a high-octane thriller, you really need to read A Blizzard of Polar Bears. Wow! Surviving a helicopter crash and being forced to shelter and travel across the ice-- I was freezing right along with these two. Fortunately, Alex and Cody, the helicopter pilot, know how to take care of themselves because the weather isn't the only thing they must contend with. There are killers on snowmobiles after them, and they mean business. The fact that the business isn't just simply stopping the polar bear study gives armchair sleuths a little extra to cogitate on.

If I had any misgivings at all about this book, it was my unease about Cody the pilot. I can't get into why I was uneasy about him without doing spoilers, and that I will not do. I also felt that the bad guys were just a tad over the top, but at the same time, they certainly had my pulse racing as I read those scenes.

As I've already stated, this is a series perfect for lovers of wildlife and thrillers. Henderson has the knack of being able to put her readers right in the middle of the action alongside the characters she's created, and that's no small talent. I really can't wait to see where Alex's work will take her next.

I was so excited to find out Alice Henderson had written book 2 in this series! I loved this one as much as her first book, A Solitude of Wolverines. (not necessary to read this one first) This book
has excitement, suspense, and a mystery full of plot twists. Biologist Alex Carter take on an assignment to the Canadian Artic, to track Polar bears and document their condition, many of whom are malnourished due to climate change and disappearing ice. She soon finds herself and the project in danger from various sources, and races to do what she can to solve the intertwined mysteries, and save both herself, and the vital research of the project. The book very well researched, and the author has expertly blended the information on the endangered Polar bears within a thrilling book that I just could not put down! It definitely made me stop and think about the damage being done to our planet, and how both corporate and individual greed can affect the world for all of us. I did receive a complimentary copy from Scene of the Crime/NetGalley and the publisher and I am so glad I did! Definitely will be looking for book 3!

Alex Carter is back, and once again an animal study she's undertaken has put her in danger. With her study on wolverines wrapping up in Montana, Alex is more than willing to take on her friend Sonja's request to help do polar bear research in Canada. It doesn't take long before the lab she's working at is ransacked and she finds herself being attacked in the field while trying to do research. When not just trying to survive, Alex tries to figure out why she's being targeted - is it a poacher or someone whose motivations go even deeper? The information that Henderson works into her novel is always interesting and informative, although it does tend to occasionally usurp the actual storyline. Also, Alex doesn't necessarily have a tremendous amount of depth as a character, besides righteous (and rightfully so) outrage at people that want to harm animals or the environment. The introduction of Casey in this novel is interesting, and hints at a continuing storyline in future books in the series. A little mechanical at times, this is still an engaging and entertaining mystery novel perfect for people that like that genre, especially cli-fi mysteries.

Churchill, Manitoba, the Polar Bear Capital of the World

Alex Carter, wildlife biologist, is back in her second book about endangered species. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book AA SOLITUDE OF WOLVERINES that took place in northwestern Montana but I liked this installment even more.

Alex has been tasked to study a dwindling polar bear population near Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada and right from when she arrives at the Churchill Centre for Arctic Studies and starts her research on the nearby polar bear population, problems and danger start to plague her and her team.

I loved the story, the non-stop action, the intertwining storylines, and the facts about polar bears. I highly recommend this book to readers who care about endangered species, the environment, or just want to read an excellent thriller.

I received this book from Custom House Books and William Morrow Books through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.

Polar bears! Alex is thrilled when her friend recruits her to work on a study of polar bears outside of Churchill, Manitoba. And then things start going wrong- very wrong. Someone is trying to sabotage the study and also to find something (what?) that the villains think Alex has. When their helicopter crashes, Alex, her assistant Neil, and the pilot Casey find themselves in a nightmare scenario of trying to survive on the ice while being chased by shadowy figures with weapons. Know that there's lot of interesting info about polar bears and also that it turns into a bit of long chase scene. Those who read the first novel know there was an unresolved issue with someone sort of stalking Alex - no spoilers from me but she's still getting post cards (don't worry- all will be explained for new readers). I like Alex as a character but felt the end of this became too frantic and unrealistic. That said, it kept me turning the pages. Thanks to the publisher for the ARC. A good read for thriller fans who like strong heroines and nature.

Second in the Alex Carter series, this book is another winner. This time Alex is in northern Canada, studying polar bears. Unlike her previous assignment, when she was all alone, now she has a pilot and an assistant to help her track, tag, and study polar bears in the Arctic. Not everyone is happy with her efforts, though, as Alex finds out rather quickly. She is also again contacted by a mysterious note-sender who seems to be following her career a little too closely. I enjoy this unusual series that combines nature, environmental problems, a puzzling mystery, and strong characters to form a fascinating read. As I did with the first book, I learned a lot about the topic at hand, which this time is polar bears. Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for providing an ARC.