Read Series: Emma Lord Mystery
by Author Mary Daheim
The Alpine Gamble (1996)
THE ALPINE ADVOCATE IS ON A ROLL.The big story is the five million dollar luxury spa that Los Angeles real estate developers want to build around Alpine's mountainside mineral springs--hot news and fierce controversy for Advocate readers, and for the paper's editor and publisher, Emma Lord.Pro-sp...
The Alpine Fury (1995)
BANK ON MURDER For generations the venerable family-owned bank has served the old logging town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. But suddenly Marv Peterson, bank president and family patriarch, seems unnaturally distracted; his heirs and employees are jittery. And when a banker from Seat...
The Alpine Traitor (2008)
In Alpine, Washington–Mary Daheim’s cozy hamlet in the Cascade Mountains–mystery fans can meet folks whose colorful quirks and welcoming manner make the town feel like home. Alpine’s bastion of bylines, Emma Lord’s weekly newspaper, The Alpine Advocate, is the current that drives the rumor mill o...
The Alpine Icon (1997)
ALL THE MURDER FIT TO PRINT Editor-publisher Emma Lord and her Alpine Advocate staff suspect excitement when glamorous Ursula O'Toole Randall returns to Alpine to marry her third husband. But hers is a lethal homecoming. . . . Ursula, clad in satin pajamas, is found dead ...
The Alpine Betrayal (1993)
"Editor-publisher Emma Lord finds out that running a small-town newspaper is worse than nutty--it's downright dangerous. Readers will take great pleasure in Mary Daheim's new mystery."Carolyn G. HartSequel to THE ALPINE ADVOCATE.When a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a star to shoot a H...
The Alpine Hero (1996)
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 he...
The Alpine Pursuit (2005)
I like the easy style of Mary Daheim's writing in the Emma Lord series. Emma is spry for her age and stays busy running the local paper. That affords her a lot of opportunity to get involved in murders and other misdeeds of the small town.The one thing that bothered me about the book was the en...
The Alpine Journey (1998)
A JOURNEY OF TERRORMurder is news--even when editor-publisher Emma Lord is away from The Alpine Advocate. A picturesque Oregon seashore village may not be Emma's traditional beat, but when a sensational headline-grabbing murder occurs, she's on the case.It all begins as sexy Audrey Imhoff emerges...
The Alpine Quilt (2006)
USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim knows how to spin a mystery with a tight plot and captivatingly eccentric characters. And her vivid Pacific Northwest setting–a character in itself–has garnered her a plethora of devoted fans. Now her resourceful and resolute journalist Emma Lord is back w...
The Alpine Escape (1995)
THE EDITOR OF THE ALPINE ADVOCATE GOES DIGGING FOR A MURDERER. At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping friends...
The Alpine Kindred (1998)
Rating: 2.5Maybe I need to read a different book before reading book 12. I still like this series but do some scan reading and, like I said, read it more to follow the characters than to find out about the mysteries. I think that is reflected in the score. Is the mystery getting in the way a bit?...
The Alpine Decoy (1994)
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 wi...
The Alpine Obituary (2002)
SPECIAL EDITION: 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,...
The Alpine Legacy (1999)
KILL THE COMPETITIONEmma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, has never faced such cruel competition--especially not the fierce personal attacks mounted by Alpine's radical new publication, Crystal Clear. So when Crystal Bird, the editor, commits suicide, Emma sheds no tears. But Sh...
The Alpine Scandal (2007)
Welcome to mystery lovers’ favorite destination: Alpine, Washington, Mary Daheim’s picturesque old logging town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. From the Venison Inn to the Upper Crust Bakery, Front Street is jumping–and the nerve center of the community is the office of The Alpine Advo...
The Alpine Menace (2000)
Read all about it! For once, Emma Lord, editor-publisher of The Alpine Advocate, isn’t thrilled by having an inside track. The Seattle murder of Alpine native Carol Stokes is generating headlines, but the accused killer is Emma’s long-lost cousin Ronnie, who swears he was out drinking when his g...
The Alpine Recluse (2007)
I thought I should vary my reading from my usual romance, so I picked up a few Mary Daheim mysteries when I was last at the library. It was fine from a technical way, but it didn't engage me at all.I suppose it would be called a 'cozy mystery' since the mystery solvers aren't professionals. All t...
The Alpine Xanadu (2013)
An electrocution, a stabbing, and a unwell citizen escapes from RestHaven, Alpine's mental hospital. That is the premise of THE ALPINE XANADU.But much of the story revolves around the usual flippant characters, Vida, House & Home Editor at The Advocate (town's newspaper); Sheriff Milo Dodge; repo...