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Title: Alpine Advocate by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0-345-37672-2 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 24 October, 1992 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Begin this alphabetical tour of Alpine here!
Comment: If you love light, escapist mysteries, with strong female protagonists, you will like the Alpine mystery series of Mary Daheim's. I do not have to read things in series, and I find Daheim carefully reconnects the reader to the on-going characters and situations no matter which letter of the alphabet you pick up to read. I do endorse starting with A, The Alpine Advocate, however, as it sets the true scene. And protagonist Emma Lord is a wonderfully independent woman, a journalist of the big city of Seattle, who has purchased the little town news tome of Alpine, fictional, but very real, and invested her life and welfare in it. As the outsider, she must adjust to the local controls, the old-timers already in place on her staff, and to the expectations of a town who sees her as NEW. Her Catholic faith, her love of the wrong, and very unavailable man, and her love for a son with growing pains, and her brother, the charitable priest, give her substance the reader can sympathize with.
There is so much fun in these works by Daheim, in repeating, quirky characters, in idyosyncrasies of nature, in a middle-aged, sexy woman, and her spunky approach to life. Once you get hooked on Emma Lord, you will want to read all the books, which I believe are up to Alpine Obituary. If you start, you will find Emma and her circle to be a set of old friends, suitable for any reader's entertainment. There is red hot sex, suspense, laughter, and unexpected heartbreak. But this is great escapist reading. Fast, slick, and fun!
Rating: 4
Summary: I like this series better than the b&b one
Comment: Mary Daheim is a good writer. Her characters are interesting and her plots are each different. But that's sort of the problem. Some of her characters, like Judith's mom in the B&B series, are a little TOO interesting. I get awfully tired of Judith and her mom arguing. And some of the plots in that series are kind of off the wall. I mean, I like my mysteries to have some surprises in them, but too much is still too much. I was really unimpressed with the latest one I read.
That's why I was interested in exploring this series. And this one is more to my taste. There are some eccentrics, but mostly it's just small town life on a believable scale. Of course, like Judith, Emma Lord has her share of romantic problems and kid problems. But I enjoyed this one a lot more than the B&B ones.
Rating: 4
Summary: Series debut
Comment: Emma Lord has always dreamed of running a newspaper, but the reality is a bit different than she had anticipated. The bills are rolling in and the money is rolling out in this small town in Washington where there isn't much happening which is newsworthy. Alpine is shocked when the son of a prominent family is murdered. Another murder follows and Emma is consumed with not only reporting the news, but in finding out who is causing it. There are plenty of people around who have a motive for the killing, even within the victim's family, but Emma doesn't want to jump to conclusions. Finally the murderer is revealed and Emma's life is in danger. This is a promising beginning for this "cozy" series.
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Title: Alpine Decoy by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0345388410 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 31 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alpine Christmas by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0345382706 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alpine Escape by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0345388429 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alpine Gamble by Mary Daheim ISBN: 0345396413 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 30 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Alpine Icon by Mary Daheim ISBN: 034539643X Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 30 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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