The Alpine Traitor (An Emma Lord Mystery)

by Mary Daheim

Book Overview

After Emma Lords newspaper becomes the victim of a hostile takeover, the person behind the acquisition winds up dead--and Emma is the prime suspect. It turns out that the victim was not only after... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345468201
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 0.9" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Another great bok in a great series

Rates very high with the other books in this series. Don't know what I'm going to do when Mary Daheim reaches Z.

Still An Excellent Series

It's amazing that after 20 installments, this series is still going so strong -- especially when the author's B & B series is so awful. This book was hard to put down and kept you turning pages until the end. I do admit that Emma got a bit annoying with her wussiness about her new reporter and her constant whining every time she didn't get an e-mail, or enough attention, from Adam. And Vida was her usual annoying, buttinsky self. But these things weren't enough to detract from the story. One of the best things about this series is the way the characters and the town come to life. And it's not just the major characters like Emma, Vida and Milo -- it's the minor characters that only pop up now and then but whom you feel like you know after so much time. I'm sad that it looks like there'll only be six more books before the series concludes. I've enjoyed visiting Alpine for so long and hope the author can find a way to let me continue to visit.

The Alpine Traitor (Emma Lord Mysteries, No. 20)

Mary Daheim is one of my favorite mystery writers. I really enjoy her Alpine series. This book was well-written. There were no loose ends that she didn't tie up.

One of the best in the series

I have read all of the books in the Alpine series, enjoying each of them. I think "Alpine Traitor" is a favorite, hated to put it down, couldn't wait to pick it up again.

Emma Lord is back

The Alpine series is a delight and I look forward to each outing. Emma Lord is back in another wonderful mystery set in Alpine, Washington. Tom Cavanaugh's family comes to town and starts trouble for Emma and her staff at the Advocate, and turmoil erupts. I won't go into detail about the plot of the book, but I will say this is another winner in the long-running Alpine series. However, I agree with a few other fans that Ms. Daheim should retire her bed-and-breakfast adventures and focus her attention on this mystery series. Although I have read only one book in the B & B series, "Just Desserts," I prefer the books with Emma Lord and her friends in Alpine, Washington. The characters are more developed, interesting and three-dimensional. I look forward to Daheim's next Emma Lord capers. Although the town of Alpine, Washington is homey and fun to read about, I tire of the atmosphere and can only hope Daheim takes Emma far away from her hometown, like she did in THE ALPINE ESCAPE and THE ALPINE JOURNEY.