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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:An Emma Lord mystery by the author of "The Alpine Christmas."When a beautiful young African-American nurse with a shady past takes a job in Alpine, some locals show their true bigoted natures, filling editor-publisher Emma Lord with disgust. But when a second newcomer — a young black man — is found shot through the head, Emma is stuck with a story she will never forget.
Though Sheriff Milo Dodge connects the victim to the nurse, Emma believes show more there's something more sinister afoot. So she and Vida Runkel, her formidable house-and-home editor, try writing their own scenario. But the case offers too many subplots, too many suspects, and one crafty killer who leaves no tracks. That is, until Emma hits the deadly trail . . . show less
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Mary R. Daheim is a reporter and mystery writer. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Daheim was a newspaper reporter and a public relations consultant before beginning to write. In 1983, she published her first historical romance. Daheim wrote six more books before becoming a mystery writer. In 1991, Daheim began the Bed & Breakfast series of show more books. She began a second series, the Alpine series, in 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Alpine Decoy
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Emma Lord; Milo Dodge; Vida Runkel
- Important places
- Alpine, Washington, USA
- First words
- There's no fool like an old fool, unless it's a middle-aged fool.
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- English
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