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"Editor-publisher Emma Lord finds out that running a small-town newspaper is worse than nutty—it's downright dangerous."—Carolyn G. HartWhen a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a star to shoot a Hollywood film, the tension in the air is so thick it crackles. Then at the annual Loggerama, Dani's former husband, Cody Graff goes berserk with an axe and is later found dead. Reporting on on all the goings-on as the editor of the ADVOCATE, Emma Lord begins to suspect that neither she show more nor the sheriff, laconic Milo Dodge, is getting the real story. Why are there such strong feelings among those who knew Dani back when? Why so few tears for Cody Graff? Whence the impenetrable mystery that enfolds Alpine like a shroud? Emma's nose for a story leads her straight into trouble.... show less
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When a hometown girl turned movie star returns to Alpine to make a film, she digs up all sorts of unpleasantness. Her ex, who is currently engaged to the niece of one of Emma's reporters, is run over by a car; later the ME finds that he was already dead from poison. The solution is unexpected and marginally clever. I find Emma irritating, but her social news reporter is a hoot and is fun to read about.
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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 Betrayal
- Original title
- The Alpine Betrayal
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Emma Lord; Dani Marsh; Cody Graff; Milo Dodge; Ed Bronsky; Vida Runkel
- Important places
- Alpine, Washington, USA
- First words
- I wouldn't set foot in Mugs Ahoy unless it was a matter of life and death.
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- English
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