The Alpine traitor : an Emma Lord mystery / Mary Daheim.
Emma Lord is shocked to hear the outrageous news: The Advocate is embroiled in a takeover bid. Worse, the ruthless acquisitioners are the heirs of Emma's longtime and tragically departed lover, Tom Cavanaugh. They have come to Alpine to stay. Soon, battle lines are drawn and war is declared. Then the first casualty is discovered facedown at the Tall Timber Motel. The victim is Dylan Platte, front man for the buy-out offer Emma turned down cold. Naturally, Emma is a prime suspect. Then it turns out that the dead man has a big surprise for the living one that involves the glamorous Ginger Roth, a bodacious Alpine newbie who can perform the dumb blonde act in her sleep. Emma's ever-inquisitiv a bullet, Emma and the rest of the e House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, plumbs her extensive grapevine, from the Burger Barn to the Venison Inn, determined to connect the dots. But when an Advocate insider is next to take Alpiners make it their mission to find a killer.
Record details
- ISBN: 034546818X
- ISBN: 9780345468185
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
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| Marion Library | FIC DAH (Text) | 37810434580949 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F DAH (Text) | 50503300211606 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| East Regional Library | F DAHEIM (Text) | 31781049029489 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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| Fairmont Public Library | F DAHEIM (Text) | 34510000395002 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hazel W. Guilford Memorial Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101254744 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | DAH (Text) | 33258005714220 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC Daheim Mary (Text) | 30519007999785 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | DAHEIM (Text) | 39149005940044 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/24/2026 |
