The Alpine Pursuit

An Emma Lord Mystery

Mary Daheim

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Ballantine
15 April 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Emma Lord

Now in mass market-

the Ballantine hardcover success from Seattle Times and USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim--another Pacific Northwest-set crime novel starring newspaper editor-publisher Emma Lord.

As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestselling author Mary Daheim creates

wonderful mysteries peopled with marvelous characters as quirky as they are endearing.

The Seattle Times says Daheim is ""one of the brightest stars in our city's literary

constellation""-and the popularity of her irresistible Pacific Northwest crime series

has swept across the nation.

For a small town newspaper like The Alpine Advocate,

a new play at the local community college is big news. Editor and publisher Emma

Lord is duty-bound to attend opening night, but expects the amateur enterprise will

serve only as a cure for insomnia. The play is dubbed ""a black comedy,"" but the only

laughs Emma gets are from the bad acting and the wretched script. And while the turgid

production makes Wagner's Ring cycle seem like a vignette, the real drama begins

just before the final curtain.

Hans Berenger, dean of students, wasn't well known

or well liked around Alpine, but the audience found his death scene genuinely convincing-until

they realized he wasn't acting. No one can say how or when the blanks in the prop

gun were replaced with the real bullets that killed Berenger, but the list of suspects

reads like a playbill of the cast and crew. They all had opportunity, access, and

their own axes to grind with the thespically challenged dean.

Seeking the assistance

of Vida Runkel, the Advocate's redoubtable House and Home editor, Emma Lord vows

to unravel a mystery that spirals out into unexpected places. As Emma sets the stage

for the most likely suspect, she finds herself in a two-character scene whose next

cue could make the resolute editor take a final-and permanent-bow.

By: Mary Daheim
Imprint: Ballantine
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 143g
ISBN: 9780345447920
ISBN 10: 0345447921
Series: Emma Lord
Publication Date: 15 April 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Alpine Pursuit: An Emma Lord Mystery

“Daheim’s small-town characters are a mix of smart, conniving, lecherous, clumsy [and] wisecracking. . . . If you like the Cat Who mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun, you’ll find similar fun here.” –San Antonio Express-News “SOLID PROSE, REMARKABLE CHARACTERS, AND [AN] ENTERTAINING PLOT.” –Library Journal “ALWAYS A PLEASURE.” –The Seattle Times