The Alpine Xanadu
By Mary Daheim
Read by Tanya Eby
The Emma Lord Mysteries: Book 24
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Winterin the small mountain aerie of Alpine should be as quiet as new-fallen snow onthe Cascades, but from the Grocery Basket to the Venison Inn, the town ishumming. At the Alpine Advocate, editor Emma Lord and her staff are ondeadline with a feature about the opening of RestHaven, a new rehab and mentalhealth facility. Front Street is buzzing with gossip about Emma’s recentengagement to Sheriff Milo Dodge. And now that fool Wayne Eriks has climbed anelectric pole in the middle of a storm and got himself electrocuted. SheriffDodge doesn’t buy the idea that Wayne’s death is an accident. But how, and,more important, why he died is only one of the conundrums that keep the sheriffand Emma working overtime. Why is RestHaven giving Alpine so many restlessnights? And what’s to be made of allegations that someone’s trying to kill therichest man in town, or whispers of a rash of indecent behavior at the localhigh school? AfterVida Runkel, the Advocate’s stalwart House & Home editor, disappearsinto thin air, Milo and Emma suddenly have too many loose ends to solve beforethey can even think about tying the knot.
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Summary
Summary
Winterin the small mountain aerie of Alpine should be as quiet as new-fallen snow onthe Cascades, but from the Grocery Basket to the Venison Inn, the town ishumming. At the Alpine Advocate, editor Emma Lord and her staff are ondeadline with a feature about the opening of RestHaven, a new rehab and mentalhealth facility. Front Street is buzzing with gossip about Emma’s recentengagement to Sheriff Milo Dodge. And now that fool Wayne Eriks has climbed anelectric pole in the middle of a storm and got himself electrocuted.
SheriffDodge doesn’t buy the idea that Wayne’s death is an accident. But how, and,more important, why he died is only one of the conundrums that keep the sheriffand Emma working overtime. Why is RestHaven giving Alpine so many restlessnights? And what’s to be made of allegations that someone’s trying to kill therichest man in town, or whispers of a rash of indecent behavior at the localhigh school?
AfterVida Runkel, the Advocate’s stalwart House & Home editor, disappearsinto thin air, Milo and Emma suddenly have too many loose ends to solve beforethey can even think about tying the knot.
Author
Author Bio: Mary Daheim
Mary Daheim started spinning stories before she could spell. She 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 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 Communication Alumni Hall of Fame. Daheim lives in her hometown of Seattle and is a direct descendant of former residents of the real Alpine, which existed as a logging town from 1910 to 1929, when it was abandoned after the mill was closed. The Alpine/Emma Lord series has created interest in the site, which was named a Washington State ghost town in July 2011. An organization called the Alpine Advocates has been formed to preserve what remains of the town as a historic site.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Runtime: | 10.29 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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