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THE ALPINE ADVOCATE SCOOPS A MURDEREmma Lord, the Advocate's editor, finds the body in the facial room of Stella's Styling Salon
- anonymous under a mud pack, throat slashed.
The victim turns out to be the sister-in-law of Sheriff Dodge's girlfriend, who had initially made the appointment for herself. Perhaps she was the killer's intended target. After all, no one in Alpine really knew the dead woman personally. Then rumors begin to fly, shady strangers turn up in town, and a young woman
From the Paperback edition.
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I thought at first this was clever, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. She's supposed to be a practicing Catholic, yet has a years-long affair with a married man--deliberately planning to break up his marriage.
This 1996 release is a second read after many years, mainly because of the local-to-me setting. I recall only reading a few of the series, and on the re-read I understand why. The protagonist is annoying to me because of her passive attitude to her love life and her poor-me whining about being a single mother. *eyeroll* On this read, the book is even more dated.
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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 Hero
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Emma Lord; Milo Dodge; Vida Runkel
- Important places
- Alpine, Washington, USA
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.30)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 2
