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 Cascade Mountains. What she really needs for her paper, though, is a big story. And she gets it--when handsome Mark Doukas, grandson of rich, old Neeny Doukas is murdered. Emma discovers that trying to get straight answers out of Neeny and his thin-lipped son is like poking a nest of sleeping rattlesnakes. What begins with an innocent story about the murdered man, ends with Emma conducting the most interesting, and probably the last, interview of her career from the wrong end of a .38....
By:
Mary Daheim Imprint: Ballantine US Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 171mm,
Width: 106mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 130g ISBN:9780345376725 ISBN 10: 0345376722 Series:Emma Lord Pages: 233 Publication Date:02 February 1993 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
