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Praise for Mary Daheim and her Emma Lord mysteries “Always entertaining.”—
The Seattle Times “Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.”—Carolyn Hart
“Daheim writes . . . with dry wit, a butter-smooth style, and obvious wicked enjoyment.”—
The Oregonian “The characters are great, and the plots always attention-getting.”—King Features Syndicate
“Even the most seasoned mystery fans are caught off-guard by [Daheim’s] clever plot twists.”—BookLoons Reviews
“Witty one-liners and amusing characterizations.”—
Publishers Weekly About the Author
Mary Richardson Daheim 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 sixty novels. In 2000, she won the Literary Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. In October 2008 she was inducted into the University of Washington’s Communications Hall of Fame. Daheim lives in her hometown of Seattle and is a direct descendant of former residents of the real Alpine when it existed in the early part of the twentieth century until it was abandoned in 1929. The Alpine/Emma Lord series has created interest in the site, which was named a Washington State ghost town in July 2011.
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- Series: Emma Lord Mystery
- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (February 25, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345535340
- ISBN-13: 978-0345535344
- Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
No one who loves a cozy mystery featuring a delightfully flawed amateur sleuth (why did it take Emma Lord so many years to see what a hypocritical jerk Tom Cavanaugh was) should fail to read THE ALPINE XANADU. There is no one better at creating a humorous cozy mystery filled with eccentric characters, (Vida Rundel with her myriad hats), and an evocative sense of place, (Alpine, Washington, where it seems always to be either raining or snowing), as Mary Daheim. The residents of Alpine, whether likable, humorous, unpleasant, or downright evil, are all family to the reader as one follows the ups and downs of their lives in the twenty-plus books in the series. In this latest title Emma Lord, owner and publisher of the Alpine Advocate, the town's weekly newspaper, is planning a special edition to inform the community of the grand opening of RestHaven, a retirement, psychiatric hospital located at the edge of town. Emma attempts to interview all the doctors and other personnel involved in managing the facility, but feels she hasn't done a very good job of it, perhaps because she doesn't quite like them. In fact, Emma has a sense of something a bit off about RestHaven. When Wayne Eriks is electrocuted while working on RestHaven's electrical line, the death is thought an accident. Wayne Eriks ought to know better than to work on electrical lines during a thunderstorm. Still, Wayne wasn't that stupid, was he?
Emma can be excused from immediately believing Wayne's death is suspicious; after all, Milo has picked up marriage license applications and he wants to have an immediate civil ceremony, while the Catholic Church takes its time about annulling Milo's previous marriage.
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