The Alpine Advocate: An Emma Lord Mystery

by Mary Daheim

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345376722
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Fawcett
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A great opening book in the series....

I have read several women sleuth series, and this one is very good. I could not put it down! I never guessed the ending! All of the story pieces neatly fit together by the end of the book. I can't wait to start reading "The Alpine Betrayal", the next in the series. The vivid description of the Pacific Northwest make me want to visit Seattle again and explore!

Begin this alphabetical tour of Alpine here!

If you love light, escapist mysteries, with strong female protagonists, you will like the Alpine mystery series of Mary Daheim's. I do not have to read things in series, and I find Daheim carefully reconnects the reader to the on-going characters and situations no matter which letter of the alphabet you pick up to read. I do endorse starting with A, The Alpine Advocate, however, as it sets the true scene. And protagonist Emma Lord is a wonderfully independent woman, a journalist of the big city of Seattle, who has purchased the little town news tome of Alpine, fictional, but very real, and invested her life and welfare in it. As the outsider, she must adjust to the local controls, the old-timers already in place on her staff, and to the expectations of a town who sees her as NEW. Her Catholic faith, her love of the wrong, and very unavailable man, and her love for a son with growing pains, and her brother, the charitable priest, give her substance the reader can sympathize with. There is so much fun in these works by Daheim, in repeating, quirky characters, in idyosyncrasies of nature, in a middle-aged, sexy woman, and her spunky approach to life. Once you get hooked on Emma Lord, you will want to read all the books, which I believe are up to Alpine Obituary. If you start, you will find Emma and her circle to be a set of old friends, suitable for any reader's entertainment. There is red hot sex, suspense, laughter, and unexpected heartbreak. But this is great escapist reading. Fast, slick, and fun!

Mary Daheim's Alpine Series

I just started reading Mary Daheim's Alpine Murder Mystery Series. I find that Emma Lord and Alpine are very intriguing and interesting, and I had a hard time putting the book down. I will definitely continue reading this whole series. If you like lite murder mysteries, then this is the series for you. Mary Daheim takes her characters to the level where you want to know more and more.

Charming "Who Done It"!

I greatly enjoyed The Alpine Advocate, and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series. One of those great books you just can't put down!

Warm,witty characters will make you want to meet them again

From the very first chapter I started to feel about Emma Lord and Vida Runkel as they were my personal friends. Small town mysteries always were my favorits because they tell about people more than about crime. Alpine is as much a character as detective Milo or terrible Rodger. The charm of this small town makes you want to visit this place or, at least, stop for a minute our endless run and look at the people and world around you.