The Alpine Uproar (Thorndike Mystery) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Mary Daheim (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2009 | Series: Thorndike Mystery

Picturesque Alpine is no longer the brawling logging town of yesteryear. So when a drunken fight at the Icicle Creek Tavern leaves a loner named Alvin De Muth dead, the residents feel as if they’ve gone back to the Bad Old Days. The inquiry into the incident should be a no-brainer, but since the witnesses were half-tanked at the time, Sheriff Milo Dodge is left with conflicting stories. But soon Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, has an even bigger story to report: a heartbreaking highway accident that leaves two people dead and one on life support. Rumors are flying: Are the two tragedies linked in some inexplicable way? Assisted by that human bulldozer Vida Runkel, the Advocate’s House & Home editor, Emma goes for the gold.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

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“Daheim writes . . . with dry wit, a butter-smooth style, and obvious wicked enjoyment.”—The Oregonian
 
“Daheim’s premise—that random occurrences are connected—keeps the reader turning the pages.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“Always entertaining . . . [a] slice of wry.”—The Seattle Times

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About the Author

Mary Daheim is a Seattle native who started spinning stories before she could spell. Daheim has been a journalist, an editor, a public relations consultant, and a freelance writer, but fiction was always her medium of choice. In 1982 she launched a career that is now distinguished by more than fifty novels. In 2000, she won the Literary Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. In October 2008 she was inducted into the University of Washington’s  Communications Hall of Fame. Daheim lives in Seattle with her husband, David, a retired professor of cinema, English, and literature. The Daheims have three daughters: Barbara, Katherine, and Magdalen. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 531 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (September 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410417859
• ISBN-13: 978-1410417855
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,730,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Always fun, December 13, 2011

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This review is from: The Alpine Uproar: An Emma Lord Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

Mary Daheim always writes a winner. Both of her mystrey series are a fun fast and always leaving you wanting more.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Series, October 30, 2011

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This review is from: The Alpine Uproar: An Emma Lord Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

As always this series is a good read and the cast of characters feel like old friends. However, in this installment, there were just too many of them to keep straight. And since many of them were new to the storyline, the reader wasn't able to fall back on familiarity to keep them all straight.

Looking forward to the next installment, especially the fallout for Vida.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Continued good read, September 4, 2011

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This review is from: The Alpine Uproar: An Emma Lord Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)

Have read this series since its inception (A). Ms. Daheim has maintained good characters and good story lines throughout to this point. Hope she is able to continue that through to the end, assuming it will end with "Z".