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Chargement... The Alpine Zenpar Mary Daheim
   Books Read in 2015 (2,274) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  rretzler | Jan 25, 2016 |    Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) momweaver | Oct 25, 2015 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. LeesyLou | Jul 28, 2015 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) vjmtam | Jul 8, 2015 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.In "The Alpine Zen" a mysterious woman arrives in Emma's newsroom looking for her long lost mother. Soon she's running all over town behaving more strangely with each encounter. Soon a body shows up in the city dump, Vida disappears and the heat wave seems to be making everyone testy. All is revealed eventually with Daheim's usual clues scattered throughout. If you like cozy mysteries this is the series for you. ( ) riversong | Jun 14, 2015 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieAn Emma Lord Mystery (26)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:The picturesque town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington state’s Cascade Mountains—home to Emma Lord and her weekly newspaper The Alpine Advocate—has long charmed and enthralled mystery lovers. Now, with The Alpine Zen, Mary Daheim has at last reached the anticipated letter of Z. Her legion of avid armchair sleuths will relish this deliciously gripping novel. As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine, Emma and her staff are treading very lightly. For unfathomable reasons, the paper’s House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, is in a major snit, refusing to speak to her colleagues, or even her boss. So when a peculiar young woman walks in claiming her parents have been murdered, and that she’s in mortal danger, too, it fits right in with the rest of the craziness. Then, to the utter bafflement of her colleagues, Vida vanishes without a word to anyone. And just when Emma and her husband, Sheriff Milo Dodge, start to unsnarl these tangles, a male body, dead too long to identify, surfaces at the town dump—making what seemed merely weird feel downright sinister. Has the hot weather driven everyone nuts, or are cold-blooded forces committing deadly misdeeds? The Alpine Zen tingles with all the mystery and allure that only Mary Daheim’s brand of small-town life can provide. Gossip, love affairs, feuding, and plenty of dirty secrets make for an intriguing adventure every Alpine fan will want to read all about. Praise for The Alpine Zen “A complex plot and a cast of vivid characters will keep readers turning pages.”—Publishers Weekly “Lively and satisfying.”—Library Journal Praise for Mary Daheim and her Emma Lord mysteries “Always entertaining.”—The Seattle Times “Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.”—Carolyn Hart “Daheim writes . . . with dry wit, a butter-smooth style, and obvious wicked enjoyment.”—The Oregonian “The characters are great, and the plots always attention-getting.”—King Features Syndicate “Even the most seasoned mystery fans are caught off-guard by [Daheim’s] clever plot twists.”—BookLoons “Witty one-liners and amusing characterizations.”—Publishers Weekly. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Emma Lord is the editor of the only newspaper in a very small town. She is now married to the town's Sheriff, Milo Dodge. During a heatwave, a body shows up in the city dump, and a young woman comes to town in search of information about her mother, whom she has tracked to Alpine. As usual, Emma involves herself in the Sherriff's investigation.
As the author has reached the end of the alphabet, it is difficult to know whether this series will continue or not. It seems as if this book has wrapped things up at the end, but of course, there could always be more.
I have read several books from this cozy mystery series, and they are just okay. On the plus side, the author does not feel compelled to try to write around a gimmick, as some cozy mystery authors do. The protagonist's ownership of the town newspaper lends itself well to becoming involved in any and all mysteries in town. Also, the mysteries, for the most part, are believable. On the other hand, I just could not find myself caring for this character or the townspeople as I have in other mystery series. (