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The Alpine yeoman : an Emma Lord mystery Cover Image

The Alpine yeoman : an Emma Lord mystery / Mary Daheim.

ISBN: 9780345535337
ISBN: 0345535332
Physical Description: 336 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Ballantine Books, 2014.

Daheim, Mary. (Author).

Summary:

An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel may have insight, but Emma s redoubtable House & Home editor is mad at the world and saying little. Moreover, whispers of scandal travel through the quaint streets when some high school girls mysteriously take a walk on the wild side. And then Milo s dedicated deputy, Sam Heppner, a true yeoman, suddenly goes AWOL. What s happening in Alpine? If Milo knows, he s not telling Emma. And Emma s again headed for trouble when she starts snooping. The situation grows even more fraught when a shocking link is revealed between the mystery corpse and one of Alpine s own, unearthing a long-buried dark secret. Tongues are wagging on Front Street and the gossip contains an air of menace.