The Alpine Menace: An Emma Lord Mystery

The Alpine Menace: An Emma Lord Mystery by Daheim, Mary. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780345421241.

For once, Emma Lord, editor-publisher of The Alpine Advocate, isnt thrilled by having an inside track. The Seattle strangling murder of Alpine native Carol Stokes is generating headlines, but the accused killer is Emmas long-lost cousin Ronnie, who swears he was out drinking when his girlfriend was strangled. But he cant prove it, and neighbors claim they heard the couple fighting moments before the murder. Now Emma and supersnoop Vida, the Advocates house-and-home editor, must find another suspect. Someone who hated Carol enough to write a tragic ending to her life story. Someone who is preparing to edit Emma and Vida right out of existence. . . .