Alpine for You

by Maddy Hunter

Book Overview

The first title in this new series introduces twentysomething Emily Andrew, who accompanies her grandmother on a tour of Switzerland. When the tour organizer suffers a mysterious heart attack and a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743458117
• ISBN13: 9780743458115
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Loved this story and the characters

This was a fun read. I enjoyed it. Am planning to read the others in this series. Author JD Holiday

A hilarious Senior Citizens tour to Switzerland

Move over Evanovich, there's a new author in town. This book is terrific!Emily Andrew accompanies her grandmother on a seniors tour of Switzerland. She expected a travel brochure vacation, but the fog never lifted and the food was nondescript. Iowans are fanatical about being on time, so much so that they are usually half an hour or more early. This about drives Emily crazy. She has lived in New York long enough to no longer have the compulsion to be so early. Andy Simon, the tour escort, was a Senior who was always sweet talking the ladies. Then he is found dead. Emily agrees to be the tour escort in Andy's place. Sexy Detective Etienne Miceli begins investigating Andy's death. He and Emily hit it off immediately. With Emily's suitcase missing, she ends up wearing her grandmother's clothes. Plus Emily always seems to end up swimming to save something important dropped into water. She is running out of clothes and watches.Then a woman from the Rhode Island contingent on this tour falls to her death. Emily is convinced a murderer is among them. Who could it be? These are senior citizens. Could one of them be killing of the others?This book was one of the best I have read for a long time. It was hilarious. The things that Emily had to endure and the way she describes and sees things is truly funny.I highly recommend this book. I can't say the scenery was beautiful due to the fog, but she describes it so well that you can see it as she does. The characters are an absolute hoot. The romance between Etienne and Emily is tastefully described. You won't be disappointed by this book. I can't wait to read the next book due out in August 2003.

Laugh Out Loud Fun!

This is the first book in the Passport to Peril Mysteries. This story is about the tour from hell to Switzerland, as taken by Emily and her grandmother. Did I mention that included on this trip is a group of Nana's friends....senior citizens from Iowa? Everything that can go wrong does, and Emily finds herself overboard swimming to catch up to a floating artifical limb in one scene. Overall, there are just too many hilarious scenes in this book to describe them all but they do not disappoint!Secondary to the action (at least in my opinion) is the mystery of a fallen fellow traveler that, of course, Emily solves. I would compare this book to Janet Evanovich for humor and for the slapstick-type situations that both Stephanie Plum and Emily find themselves in. As of this writing, the second book in the series, Top O the Morning, is due to be released in September of 2003. Enjoy!

Fantastic Read!

I love travel, mystery and humor. This book has it all and a bit of romance as well! There is no way I can do justice to this book in a short review but I'll try.I laughed out loud so many times reading this book. I have read it again I enjoyed it so much. I highly recommend this book to those of you who enjoy light cozy mysteries and travel and humor.A short summary is that the main character ends up on a seniors tour and while exploring Europe some unfortunate incidents happen to her tour members and she ends up getting involved in solving the crimes. During this she meets an Italian detective with whom she shares a mutual attraction. Lost luggage adds more humor to her situation (and frustration naturally). Highly recommended!!! Can't wait until her new one this fall.Travel the world with Maddy Hunter - you'll love it.

Bravo Maddy

This is a great 'Who Done It'! It had me guessing a laughing allthrough the book. Emily Andrew, a pretty and sexy unemployedthespian, accompanies her spry grandmother on a trip to Switzerlandwith a group of clicky senior citizens from Iowa. Low and beholdpeople in the group start dropping like flys and everyone becomes a suspect. Emily is forever getting wet whether it be from a faultyshower, an unexpected dip in the river, or whenever the handsomeInspector Miceli comes near.An excellent development of the characters with a mix of mysteryand humor.

Funniest Book of the Year

If you like Janet Evanovich's books, you'll like this new series by Maddy Hunter. The laughs never stop coming, and yes, there's a mystery to solve. One by one, the elderly tourists on a group tour of Switzerland are dying under mysterious circumstances. Emily Andrew, who's accompanying her grandmother on the trip, helps a sexy police inspector in his investigations. I laughed hysterically all the way through the book, and I'm very much looking forward to the next book in this series. This will be one of my "Best Books of 2003". Highly recommended.