- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett; First Edition edition (Mar 1 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345388429
- ISBN-13: 978-0345388421
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 1.9 x 17.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #302,800 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
THE EDITOR OF THE ALPINE ADVOCATE GOES DIGGING FOR A MURDERER.
At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do
some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific
Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping
friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a skeleton in their basement.
The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a
crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a
locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancient
photographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous
waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that
twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should never be told....
At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do
some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific
Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping
friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a skeleton in their basement.
The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a
crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a
locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancient
photographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous
waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that
twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should never be told....
From the Publisher
Mary Daheim and I go back a long way -- well, seventeen or eighteen years. That's a long time for a publishing association. Years before I became Mary's editor on the Emma Lord/Alpine series for Ballantine, I was an editorial assistant at another trade house -- and that's where we met, long distance. She lives in Seattle; I live in New York; even eighteen year ago, the phone lines stretched in both directions. At the time Mary was writing successful historical romances for my then-boss, a senior editor. One day Mary and I revealed our unbridled passion for reading crime fiction. Little did I dream then that, soon after I arrived at Ballantine, Mary would become a crime writer herself. Of course, now she's a nationally renowned one . . . and I especially treasure her novels about Emma Lord, the editor-publisher of a small-town weekly newspaper in fictional (but based on fact) Alpine, Washington. The paper is called The Alpine Advocate, which is also the title of the first novel in the series. For any readers who haven't visited Alpine, I heartily recommend starting with Book One -- and then continuing forward (in alphabetical order) to THE ALPINE BETRAYAL, THE ALPINE CHRISTMAS, THE ALPINE DECOY, THE ALPINE ESCAPE, THE ALPINE FURY, THE ALPINE GAMBLE, THE ALPINE HERO, THE ALPINE ICON, THE ALPINE JOURNEY, and (coming soon) THE ALPINE KINDRED.
--Joe Blades, Associate Publisher
--Joe Blades, Associate Publisher
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Hundred Year Old Mystery,
By A Customer
This review is from: Alpine Escape (Mass Market Paperback)
Emma Lord, forty-two year old owner and publisher of the Alpine Advocate decides to take a short vacation after a convention. Her son, Adam is spending the summer with her brother Ben in Arizona, so there's no need to hurry home. Driving along in her trusty Jaguar, she doesn't have a care in the world, until it breaks down in Port Angeles. Fortunately, Jackie & Paul Melcher live in Port Angeles. Jackie is the daughter of an old friend of Emma's and she calls her up hoping to kill a few hours. Thinking that's all the time it will take to repair the car. Jackie is excited to hear from Emma and invites her over. She's especially thrilled to be able to tell Emma about the skelaton they just found in the basement. The body of a young woman with a crushed skull and some jewlery laying around her was found while renovations were being done. The house, which had been left by Paul's uncle, was the old family home that went back to the turn of the century. (20th) Who is she, why was she murdered and how was she hidden in the basement and why wasn't she ever missed? Emma puts on her reporters hat and starts digging for information. Paul has the history of his family as was told to him, and old newspapers and even older senior citizens fill in much of the blanks. There were three women who could be the victim. Simone Rowley, the French second wife of Cornelius Rowley the owner of the house, who was said to have run off with a French lover after her husband died. Carrie Malone - daughter of Cornelius, who had unknowingly married a bigamist, Jimmy Malone and was said to have gone to Seattle to live with him. Minnie Burke - the governess who just dropped out of sight. Paul wants to know because if it turns out to be a member of his family, he wants to have a propery funeral. Emma finds it a good way to kill time while her 1 day car repairs turns into several days of car repairs. Meanwhile Vida keeps her updated over the phone as to what's happening at the paper. Including the fact that Carla, can't spell any better than she can report, and that Darla Puckett is most upset about the misspelling of her name in a story. Ed, the advertising manager has just inherited money from his aunt who considered him to the sunniest and happiest person in her family? I really enjoyed this story. I liked the way Emma discovered information about things that had occurred almost 100 years ago. She used the skills she had honed from her years of journalism. The conclusion made absolute sense. Only downside. Not enough involvement of the Alpine characters. I missed Milo, who only appears in a couple of phone conversations. Next book - Alpine Fury. This series is going too fast.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Digging up a family tree,
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This review is from: Alpine Escape (Mass Market Paperback)
Emma Lord decides she needs a break from her routine and climbs into her trusty Jaguar to take a road trip. The problem is that her Jag is not so trusty and it breaks down partway through her trip. Emma has problems getting it fixed, so she calls the daughter of a friend of hers. The daughter invites Emma to spend the night and confides that she and her husband have just moved into an old family home where they have found a skeleton in the basement. Emma then joins them in their search for answers as to who the skeleton was and how it got in their basement. Many of the premises of this book seemed very contrived to me. Supposedly Emma barely knew her hostess and yet she imposed on her for several days. Also I wondered why the threesome would go to such great lengths to uncover the identity of the skeleton. Also, all of their theories were pretty much only theories, since they could prove none of them.Of course our intrepid heroine comes up with the solution almost by accident. This was an interesting book, but not as well conceived as some of the others in the series.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Emma Lord Keeps On Going!,
This review is from: Alpine Escape (Mass Market Paperback)
Wow! This is the fifth book in the series, and the books are still exciting! Mary Daheim writes light murder mysteries that are both intriguing and hard to put down. If you like a good challenge, pick up one of these books and try to figure out "whodunit!" This whole series is so exciting because Mary Daheim continually lets all of her characters grow and she introduces new characters with each book! I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
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