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author spotlight
Mary Daheim is a Seattle native who started spinning stories before she could spell. Daheim has been a journalist, an editor, a public relations consultant, and a freelance writer, but fiction was always her medium of choice. In 1982 she launched a career that is now distinguished by more than fifty novels. In 2000, she won the Literary Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Daheim lives in Seattle with her husband, David, a retired professor of cinema, English, and literature. The Daheims have three daughters: Barbara, Katherine, and Magdalen.
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The Alpine Traitor
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $7.99
Emma Lord is shocked to hear that the Advocate is embroiled in a ruthless takeover bid. Soon, battle lines are drawn and war is declared. Then the first casualty is discovered facedown at the Tall Timber Motel. The victim is Dylan Platte, front man for the buy-out offer Emma turned down... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $7.99
Emma Lord is shocked to hear that the Advocate is embroiled in a ruthless takeover bid. Soon, battle lines are drawn and war is declared. Then the first casualty is discovered facedown at the Tall Timber Motel. The victim is Dylan Platte, front man for the buy-out offer Emma turned down... Read more >
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The Alpine Scandal
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
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 Advocate, Emma Lord’s weekly newspaper... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2008
Price: $7.99
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 Advocate, Emma Lord’s weekly newspaper... Read more >
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Alpine Advocate
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 24, 1992
Price: $6.99
The debut of the Emma Lord murder mystery series.
After a year as publisher-editor of the Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord feels fine about her move to this small town in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. What she really needs for her paper, though, is a big story. And she gets it--when... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 24, 1992
Price: $6.99
The debut of the Emma Lord murder mystery series.
After a year as publisher-editor of the Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord feels fine about her move to this small town in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. What she really needs for her paper, though, is a big story. And she gets it--when... Read more >
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The Alpine Quilt
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $7.99
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 with a new mystery to... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 28, 2006
Price: $7.99
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 with a new mystery to... Read more >
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The Alpine Recluse
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $7.99
For many mystery readers, Alpine, Washington–Mary Daheim’s fictional small town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains–has become a beloved second home, a delicious retreat from the stresses of life. Yet the editor of The Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord, knows all too well that the picturesque old logging town is loaded... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2007
Price: $7.99
For many mystery readers, Alpine, Washington–Mary Daheim’s fictional small town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains–has become a beloved second home, a delicious retreat from the stresses of life. Yet the editor of The Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord, knows all too well that the picturesque old logging town is loaded... Read more >
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The Alpine Nemesis
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2001
Price: $6.99
DEAD NEWS DAY
Two months after an unlucky snowboarder vanished on the slopes above Alpine, his disappearance is old copy. Emma Lord, publisher of the Alpine Advocate, is back to writing about graduations and the latest outbreak of chicken pox-until the town's oldest family feud flares up, leaving three people dead, their... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2001
Price: $6.99
DEAD NEWS DAY
Two months after an unlucky snowboarder vanished on the slopes above Alpine, his disappearance is old copy. Emma Lord, publisher of the Alpine Advocate, is back to writing about graduations and the latest outbreak of chicken pox-until the town's oldest family feud flares up, leaving three people dead, their... Read more >
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Alpine Decoy
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 31, 1994
Price: $6.99
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... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 31, 1994
Price: $6.99
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... Read more >
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The Alpine Obituary
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $6.99
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, publisher of The Alpine Advocate... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 27, 2002
Price: $6.99
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, publisher of The Alpine Advocate... Read more >
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The Alpine Uproar
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
The picturesque little town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains is no longer the rough-and-ready logging camp of yesteryear. So when a drunken brawl at the Icicle Creek Tavern leaves a loner named Alvin De Muth dead, the residents feel as if they’ve gone back to the Bad... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $25.00
The picturesque little town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington’s Cascade Mountains is no longer the rough-and-ready logging camp of yesteryear. So when a drunken brawl at the Icicle Creek Tavern leaves a loner named Alvin De Muth dead, the residents feel as if they’ve gone back to the Bad... Read more >
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Alpine Betrayal
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 22, 1993
Price: $6.99
"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. Hart
Sequel to THE ALPINE ADVOCATE.
When a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a star to shoot a Hollywood film, the tension in the... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 22, 1993
Price: $6.99
"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. Hart
Sequel to THE ALPINE ADVOCATE.
When a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a star to shoot a Hollywood film, the tension in the... Read more >
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Alpine Escape
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
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 find the truth about a grisly... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 1, 1995
Price: $6.99
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 find the truth about a grisly... Read more >
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Alpine Journey
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 28, 1998
Price: $6.99
A JOURNEY OF TERROR
Murder 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 from her nightly nude dip in... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 28, 1998
Price: $6.99
A JOURNEY OF TERROR
Murder 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 from her nightly nude dip in... Read more >
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Alpine Fury
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 30, 1995
Price: $6.99
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 Seattle comes to town, allegedly on a... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 30, 1995
Price: $6.99
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 Seattle comes to town, allegedly on a... Read more >
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The Alpine Pursuit
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $6.99
As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim creates wonderful mysteries peopled with marvelous characters as quirky as they are endearing. The Seattle Times says Daheim is “one of the brightest stars in our city’s literary constellation”—and the popularity of her irresistible Pacific Northwest crime series... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 29, 2005
Price: $6.99
As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim creates wonderful mysteries peopled with marvelous characters as quirky as they are endearing. The Seattle Times says Daheim is “one of the brightest stars in our city’s literary constellation”—and the popularity of her irresistible Pacific Northwest crime series... Read more >
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The Alpine Menace
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2000
Price: $6.99
For once, Emma Lord, editor-publisher of The Alpine Advocate, isn't thrilled by having an inside track. The Seattle strangling 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 girlfriend was strangled. But he can't... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2000
Price: $6.99
For once, Emma Lord, editor-publisher of The Alpine Advocate, isn't thrilled by having an inside track. The Seattle strangling 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 girlfriend was strangled. But he can't... Read more >
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Alpine Icon
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 30, 1997
Price: $6.99
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 in the shallow waters of the... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 30, 1997
Price: $6.99
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 in the shallow waters of the... Read more >
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Alpine Gamble
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 30, 1996
Price: $6.99
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-spa Alpiners cite the prospect of... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 30, 1996
Price: $6.99
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-spa Alpiners cite the prospect of... Read more >
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The Alpine Legacy
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 5, 1999
Price: $6.99
KILL THE COMPETITION
Emma 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 Sheriff Milo Dodge determines that Crystal was murdered... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: October 5, 1999
Price: $6.99
KILL THE COMPETITION
Emma 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 Sheriff Milo Dodge determines that Crystal was murdered... Read more >
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The Alpine Kindred
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 28, 1998
Price: $7.99
MURDER IS RELATIVE
The brutal stabbing of local philanthropist Einar Rasmussen Jr. outrages folk in the old logging town of Alpine. But, strangely, editor Emma Lord of The Alpine Advocate can scarcely pry a word out of the victim's reclusive relatives. Sheriff Milo Dodge isn't much help either, now that he and... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 28, 1998
Price: $7.99
MURDER IS RELATIVE
The brutal stabbing of local philanthropist Einar Rasmussen Jr. outrages folk in the old logging town of Alpine. But, strangely, editor Emma Lord of The Alpine Advocate can scarcely pry a word out of the victim's reclusive relatives. Sheriff Milo Dodge isn't much help either, now that he and... Read more >
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Alpine Christmas
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 4, 1993
Price: $6.99
An Emma Lord Mystery.
Christmas in the town of Alpine means fresh snow, carolers, even a sleigh. But then the discovery of a woman's leg in the lake, along with that of another young woman's nude, half-frozen body, deflates everyone's high spirits. But as Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 4, 1993
Price: $6.99
An Emma Lord Mystery.
Christmas in the town of Alpine means fresh snow, carolers, even a sleigh. But then the discovery of a woman's leg in the lake, along with that of another young woman's nude, half-frozen body, deflates everyone's high spirits. But as Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine... Read more >
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Alpine Gamble
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
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-spa Alpiners cite the prospect of... Read more >
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $6.99
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-spa Alpiners cite the prospect of... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
Alpine Hero
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2010
Price: $6.99
THE ALPINE ADVOCATE SCOOPS A MURDER
Emma 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... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 14, 2010
Price: $6.99
THE ALPINE ADVOCATE SCOOPS A MURDER
Emma 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... Read more >
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Alpine Icon
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $6.99
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 in the shallow waters of the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $6.99
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 in the shallow waters of the... Read more >
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Alpine Journey
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $6.99
A JOURNEY OF TERROR
Murder 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 from her nightly nude dip in... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $6.99
A JOURNEY OF TERROR
Murder 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 from her nightly nude dip in... Read more >
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paperback.
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The Alpine Kindred
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $7.99
MURDER IS RELATIVE
The brutal stabbing of local philanthropist Einar Rasmussen Jr. outrages folk in the old logging town of Alpine. But, strangely, editor Emma Lord of The Alpine Advocate can scarcely pry a word out of the victim's reclusive relatives. Sheriff Milo Dodge isn't much help either, now that he and... Read more >
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $7.99
MURDER IS RELATIVE
The brutal stabbing of local philanthropist Einar Rasmussen Jr. outrages folk in the old logging town of Alpine. But, strangely, editor Emma Lord of The Alpine Advocate can scarcely pry a word out of the victim's reclusive relatives. Sheriff Milo Dodge isn't much help either, now that he and... Read more >
Also available as a
paperback.
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