The Alpine Vengeance - An Emma Lord Mystery

Zusatztext 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 Informationen zum Autor Mary Richardson Daheim  started spinning stories before she could spell. Daheim has been a journalist, an editor, a public relations consultant, and a freelance writer, but fiction was always her medium of choice. In 1982, she launched a career that is now distinguished by more than sixty novels. In 2000, she won the Literary Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. In October 2008, she was inducted into the University of Washington’s Communication Alumni Hall of Fame. Daheim lives in her hometown of Seattle and is a direct descendant of former residents of the real Alpine, which existed as a logging town from 1910 to 1929, when it was abandoned after the mill was closed. The Alpine/Emma Lord series has created interest in the site, which was named a Washington State ghost town in July 2011. An organization called the Alpine Advocates has been formed to preserve what remains of the town as a historic site. Klappentext Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains! the charming hamlet of Alpine is preparing for Thanksgiving! while Emma Lord! editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate! feels her spirits sink. There will be no family or friends to share the day! but a call from Sheriff Milo Dodge on the Monday after the holiday weekend leaves her no time to wallow. Three alarming letters! sent to the sheriff from an anonymous writer! assert that the murder conviction of Alpine resident Larry Petersen ten years earlier was the result of a wrongful arrest. Adding to the miscarriage of justice! Petersen recently died behind bars. Then a fourth letter arrives! threatening retribution in the form of another death-most likely Emma's or Milo's. Mary Daheim's Emma Lord novel is a rich and authentic blend of small-town life and chilling menace. Leseprobe CHAPTER ONE My teenage daughter is pregnunt by a marred man who used to be my husband but isn't her father (far as I know) and she wants to keep the baby, but I got four other kids (besides her) so we'll be too crowded with only two bedrooms and one bathroom (outside) and the roof leeks'--that's L-E-E-K-S. 'I told my daughter to get a job and move out, but she don't feel good and can't work. I can't ether because my back hurts too bad and my boyfriend was layed off last week. My mama can't help out, because she's got the emfasima and my dad left town ten years ago with my second husband. What should I do? Oh--I need your recipe for how to pickel'--that's P-I-C-K-E-L--'a herring. Xmas is coming.' " My House & Home editor whipped off her glasses and began rubbing her eyes until they squeaked. "Oooh! Why did I ever think it was a good idea to write an advice column? Why don't people have sense? Why didn't I do cooking hints instead?" "You do that already with syndicated filler," I reminded Vida Runkel, tactfully omitting that she knew far more about human behavior than she did about cooking. "I think you've handled the first two weeks of letters very well. How about telling whoever this is that they should talk to their clergyman? If they have one." Vida put her glasses back on and cradled her chin in her hands. "That's so pat, Emma." "Do you know who it is?" "It's signed, 'Stumpied,'...

Product details

• Authors: Mary Daheim
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.11.2011
• EAN: 9780345502582
• ISBN: 978-0-345-50258-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 173 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Emma Lord Mysteries (Paperback; Emma Lord; Emma Lord Mysteries (Paperback; Random House Publishing Group
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense