The Alpine Christmas: An Emma Lord Mystery

by Mary Daheim

Book Overview

The holiday headlines are murder in this thrilling Emma Lord mystery

The pretty little town of Alpine looks like a Christmas card: deep, fresh show, carolers, Christmas trees, even a sleigh. Until 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, including Emma Lord's.

But for Emma, the editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, a...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345382706
• ISBN13: 9780345382702
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Bodies in the snow

It's winter in Alpine and the beauty of the snow-covered landscape is lessened by the discovery of a woman's leg, and eventually of another woman's dead body. Emma Lord, intrepid owner of the Alpine Advocate newspaper, is on the alert, looking for clues which will lead to the murderer. She has lots of suspects which lead to a good number of red herrings, a requirement for a good mystery. In this book she is joined by her brother, Ben, a rather irreverant priest who is a welcome new character. Daheim does her usual good job and this will be pleasing to "cozy" fans.

Alpine Gets More Exciting Day By Day!

So far, I've read three of the books in the Emma Lord mystery series and they've all been great! Ms. Daheim does a great job of keeping the reader in suspense throughout the whole book. Every character is continually developed throughout the whole series making each book in the series interesting! Most series get dull after a while, but not the Emma Lord mysteries!

Wonderful little cozy mystery...

I can't wait to visit Alpine again