The Alpine Obituary

Emma Lord #15

by Mary Daheim

SPECIAL MURDER

Not even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate , who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat murder, blackmail, and—as wildfire sweeps the mountainside— possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . .

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The Alpine Advocate
Novels by Mary Daheim

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Cozy, Crime, Adult Fiction, Mystery Thriller

314 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 27, 2002

About the author

Mary Rene Richardson Daheim was an American writer of romance and mystery novels.

Reviews

[Margaret · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeah I don't care for her Alpine series as well as her Bed and Breakfast ones. She is a good writer but this story was heavy on piecing together geneology, and the interleaved chapters with snippets from a hundred years before, I found distracting rather than enlightening. Clever perhaps for a more attentive reader than I, one better at piecing together plots in their light reading.

[Siina Morin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book introduced WAY too many characters! My head was spinning trying to keep it all straight. If ancestry and family trees are your thing, you may be inclined to keep up with the maze of characters in this book. I frankly, lost interest.

[Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow

[Eileen · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a murder mystery this was slow going. It's part of a running series that can be read separately, so I sure hope I just started off on the wrong book. It took me F O R E V E R to finish.

[Darinda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 15th book in the Emma Lord series. A light, cozy mystery.

[Sharon Bezrutczyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great series and now onto the next one..

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another interesting episode in Emma Lord’s story. This one included flashbacks to Alpine’s early history that I found initially confusing, until all the threads came together at the end.

[Nikhil Harish · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost ruined by how many different characters there were (too many with the exact same names??)

[Phyllis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't always like the Mary Dalheim books but this turns out to be much better than the others.
The story starts when Judge Foster-Klein who is planning to run for reelection receives a letter threatening to reveal a secret from her past which will cause trouble in the election.Emma Lord the local newspaper editor is asked to find out the source of the letter and what the secret might be.
A burial is stopped because of the claim that the deceased had been murdered. Several of the
characters who have unrelated lives become entangled to find the secret and the murderer.
All is revealed in the end.

[Glenda · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I love it. It could be because the setting is a Northwest, small town weekly newspaper. There is a certain humor that is shared among such people. And my most recent job was for a small town weekly newspaper in eastern Oregon.
Sooooo, I'm enjoying it so far and the series was given to me as a gift. How much better can it get?

I look forward to reading more by this author.

[Glenn Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's amazing that Mary Daheim can use the same small group of people in the same small town in book after book and keep both the characters and the stories so fresh. In this one, editor/publisher Emma Lord has to find out why a local judge is being threatened--and, of course, also get her newspaper out on time.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a competent if not exciting seres, and definitely one of my favorites by the author

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this series. I'm looking forward to reading more of The Alpine Series.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm happy to see that Emma is pulling out of her funk, and I'm pleased with the direction this took. I was worried, but it turned out really well.

[Jackie Simons]

Read 8/02

[Dale Rosso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma Lord is back in action, helping a judge who is threatened and a man suspected of being murdered.

[Simone Washington]

i lot if new things

[Jewett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this series - some fun and really good mystery along with it.