- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (Mar 29 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345502574
- ISBN-13: 978-0345502575
- Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 3 x 21.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #385,268 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for Mary Daheim and her Emma Lord mysteries
“Always entertaining.”—The Seattle Times
“Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.”—Carolyn Hart
“Daheim writes . . . with dry wit, a butter-smooth style, and obvious wicked enjoyment.”—The Oregonian
“The characters are great, and the plots always attention-getting.”—King Features Syndicate
“Even the most seasoned mystery fans are caught off-guard by [Daheim’s] clever plot twists.”—BookLoons Reviews
“Witty one-liners and amusing characterizations.”—Publishers Weekly
“Always entertaining.”—The Seattle Times
“Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.”—Carolyn Hart
“Daheim writes . . . with dry wit, a butter-smooth style, and obvious wicked enjoyment.”—The Oregonian
“The characters are great, and the plots always attention-getting.”—King Features Syndicate
“Even the most seasoned mystery fans are caught off-guard by [Daheim’s] clever plot twists.”—BookLoons Reviews
“Witty one-liners and amusing characterizations.”—Publishers Weekly
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Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, the charming little hamlet of Alpine is welcoming Thanksgiving with open arms, while Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, feels her spirits sink. There will be no family and no friends—not even Sheriff Milo Dodge—to share the day. How, she wonders, has she managed to screw up her life so badly?
But on the Monday after the holiday, a call from Sheriff Dodge concerning a trio of alarming unsigned letters he has received leaves Emma no time to wallow. The writer asserts the wrongful murder conviction ten years ago of Larry Petersen, a onetime Alpine resident who has recently died in prison. The real culprit, the letters declare, has made a deathbed confession of the crime. Neither Emma nor Milo recognizes the repentant killer’s name. Even Emma’s stalwart House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, from whom no Alpine secrets are hid, is baffled. They decide that the whole thing must be a twisted prank.
Then a fourth letter arrives, threatening that if swift action isn’t taken to right this alleged perversion of justice there will be another death—most likely Emma’s or Milo’s. As rumors of a coming homicide spread along Front Street, a ripple of panic runs through the Valley of the Sky.
Is Milo the real target? Is Emma in danger? Should Vida run for cover under one of her biggest hats? Mary Daheim’s new Emma Lord novel is a rich and authentic blend of small-town life and chilling menace.
But on the Monday after the holiday, a call from Sheriff Dodge concerning a trio of alarming unsigned letters he has received leaves Emma no time to wallow. The writer asserts the wrongful murder conviction ten years ago of Larry Petersen, a onetime Alpine resident who has recently died in prison. The real culprit, the letters declare, has made a deathbed confession of the crime. Neither Emma nor Milo recognizes the repentant killer’s name. Even Emma’s stalwart House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, from whom no Alpine secrets are hid, is baffled. They decide that the whole thing must be a twisted prank.
Then a fourth letter arrives, threatening that if swift action isn’t taken to right this alleged perversion of justice there will be another death—most likely Emma’s or Milo’s. As rumors of a coming homicide spread along Front Street, a ripple of panic runs through the Valley of the Sky.
Is Milo the real target? Is Emma in danger? Should Vida run for cover under one of her biggest hats? Mary Daheim’s new Emma Lord novel is a rich and authentic blend of small-town life and chilling menace.
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One of my favorites of the series so far..., Sep 16 2011
By Linda M. "mystery devotee" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Alpine Vengeance: An Emma Lord Mystery (Hardcover)
THE ALPINE VENGEANCE (2011) by Mary Daheim is the 23rd book in the Emma Lord mystery series, also one of my favorites so far. Not only did I feel in the company of old friends as I read all 320 wonderful pages, but I enjoyed seeing all the the threads of the plot come together at the end of the story. I have to admit my favorite coming together was that of two of Alpine's leading citizens, but I won't say who in this review.
It is always amazing to me how the author can continue to think up yet another mystery involving the residents of the small mountain town in Washington State. It does help that the first families of the town represent many generations. Mary Daheim is herself descended from residents of the original old logging town of Alpine that existed during the early 1900's, but no longer does. I'll bet it was never as exciting in Alpine then as it is these days, at least not in the same way.
In THE ALPINE VENGEANCE, a member of one of the old Scandanavian families called Petersen, owners of the local bank, has died in prison while serving a sentence for killing his sister Linda. Larry Petersen's motive for killing his sister was presumed to be because she had been chosen to be the bank President when their father retired instead of him. The brother and sister were supposed to have had an argument which resulted in her death.
Before Larry Petersen's death, Sheriff Dodge received three anonymous letters claiming that Larry's conviction had been a mistake and that he hadn't killed his sister. After his death, Emma received one more of the letters at the Alpine Advocate newspaper, where she worked as the publisher and editor. This fourth letter threatened another death if Linda's real killer failed to be exposed and Larry's name cleared.
While Milo and Emma are trying to sort out this mystery, there are other crimes to find culprits for. Who is cutting down so many of the town's maple trees and poaching their wood? Who shot Alpine's reclusive artist, Craig Laurentis? Besides trying to answer those questions, Emma is also trying to guarantee herself a happier holiday over Christmas than she experienced at Thanksgiving.
I would give THE ALPINE VENGEANCE 5 stars.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Th ealpine Vengeance: An Emma Lord Mystery, May 4 2011
By D. Thiel "Book It" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Alpine Vengeance: An Emma Lord Mystery (Hardcover)
I have read all the books in the "Emma Lord" mystery series. I have enjoyed all of them, but Mary Daheim has really out-done herself in this one. I couldn't put it down, and can't wait for the next installment!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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exhilarating mystery, April 1 2011
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Alpine Vengeance: An Emma Lord Mystery (Hardcover)
Ten years ago, Larry Petersen was convicted for the murder of his sister Laura in a bank dispute (see The Alpine Fury). However, someone insists Larry is innocent and has sent anonymous letters claiming someone else provided a deathbed confession to Alpine, Washington Sheriff Milo Dodge and Alpine Advocate editor Emma Lord. Emma asks her House & Home editor, Vida Runkel if the confessor's name means anything to her, but the Cascade Mountain town gossip queen says no.
Although Larry dies in prison from congestive heart failure just after insisting to his son he did not kill his sister, the anonymous author continues to send letters demanding justice be served. As Emma and Milo discuss the letters, poachers are raiding maples in the forests and someone kills artist Carl Laurentis just after he delivered a work to an art gallery.
This is an exhilarating mystery that has Milo and Emma hopping between The Alpine Fury (published in 1995) cold case and a new homicide during Thanksgiving in the Cascade foothills. The story line is action-packed, but the personal stuff will slow down new readers unfamiliar with the light switch relationship between the sheriff and the editor. However, long term fans will relish the whodunit ties between entries twenty two and six, and the personal references to the pasts of the lead characters.
Harriet Klausner
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