Emma Lord Series

28 primary works • 29 total works
Emma Lord, small-town newspaper owner and editor in Alpine, Washington.

From the author's website: "A could also be for Assume. So many readers assume that because I'd gotten to the end of the alphabet with The Alpine Zen, I also be ending the series. It was my original editor's idea to use the alphabet, which was fine with me. But back then in 1992…

Book 1

The Alpine Advocate
3.76
· 2132 Ratings · 146 Reviews · published 1992 · 10 editions
The debut of the Emma Lord murder mystery series.
A…
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Book 2

The Alpine Betrayal
3.82
· 939 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 1993 · 11 editions
When a local girl, Dani Marsh, returns to Alpine a…
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Book 3

The Alpine Christmas
3.83
· 1053 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1993 · 2 editions
An Emma Lord Mystery.
Christmas in the town of Alpi…
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Book 4

The Alpine Decoy
3.82
· 702 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1994 · 6 editions
When a beautiful young African-American nurse with…
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Book 5

The Alpine Escape
3.78
· 698 Ratings · 44 Reviews · published 1995 · 8 editions
THE EDITOR OF THE ALPINE ADVOCATE GOES DIGGING FOR…
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Book 6

The Alpine Fury
3.85
· 681 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
BANK ON MURDER
For generations the venerable family…
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Book 7

The Alpine Gamble
3.91
· 630 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1996 · 7 editions
THE ALPINE ADVOCATE IS ON A ROLL.
The big story is …
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Book 8

The Alpine Hero
3.86
· 574 Ratings · 26 Reviews · published 1996 · 7 editions
THE ALPINE ADVOCATE SCOOPS A MURDEREmma Lord, the …
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Book 9

The Alpine Icon
3.87
· 592 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1997 · 13 editions
ALL THE MURDER FIT TO PRINT                      

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Book 10

The Alpine Journey
3.82
· 525 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1998 · 11 editions
A JOURNEY OF TERROR

Murder is news--even when edito…
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Book 11

The Alpine Kindred
3.85
· 521 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1998 · 8 editions
MURDER IS RELATIVE

The brutal stabbing of local phi…
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Book 12

The Alpine Legacy
3.89
· 522 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1999 · 6 editions
KILL THE COMPETITION

Emma Lord, editor and publishe…
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Book 13

The Alpine Menace
3.88
· 537 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2000 · 9 editions
Read all about it!

For once, Emma Lord, editor-publ…
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Book 14

The Alpine Nemesis
3.99
· 517 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2001 · 7 editions
DEAD NEWS DAY

Two months after an unlucky snowboard…
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Book 15

The Alpine Obituary
3.88
· 543 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2002 · 9 editions
SPECIAL MURDER

Not even in Alpine, Washington, coul…
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Book 16

The Alpine Pursuit
3.89
· 593 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2004 · 14 editions
As her myriad of fans can attest, USA Today bestse…
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Book 17

The Alpine Quilt
3.79
· 828 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 2005 · 10 editions
“[A] well-paced and compelling murder mystery.”— R…
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Book 18

The Alpine Recluse
3.91
· 589 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2006 · 10 editions
In the middle of a hot midsummer night, Emma is aw…
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Book 19

The Alpine Scandal
3.77
· 574 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2007 · 15 editions
It’s a quiet morning at the Advocate until the mai…
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Book 20

The Alpine Traitor
3.87
· 573 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 2008 · 18 editions
Emma Lord is shocked to hear that the Advocate is …
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Book 21

The Alpine Uproar
3.88
· 543 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2009 · 13 editions
The picturesque little town of Alpine in the footh…
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Book 22

The Alpine Vengeance
3.82
· 584 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2011 · 11 editions
Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains,…
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Book 23

The Alpine Winter
3.84
· 658 Ratings · 60 Reviews · published 2011 · 17 editions
At the start of The Alpine Winter, Emma hasn’t gon…
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Book 24

The Alpine Xanadu
3.80
· 732 Ratings · 94 Reviews · published 2013 · 14 editions
A new exhilarating installment in Mary Daheim’s be…
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Book 25

The Alpine Yeoman
3.79
· 682 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2014 · 16 editions
Mary Daheim’s bestselling novels, set in Alpine, a…
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Book 26

The Alpine Zen
3.81
· 680 Ratings · 105 Reviews · published 2015 · 17 editions
As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine,…
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Book 27

Alpha Alpine
3.87
· 552 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 2017 · 7 editions
Emma Lord is back and better than ever! This time …
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Book 28

Bitter Alpine
3.83
· 435 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2020 · 7 editions
New year, new murder . . . Emma Lord is on the cas…
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Book 1, 2, 3

The Alpine Mysteries Omnibus: The Alpine Advocate / The Alpine Betrayal / The Alpine Christmas
Welcome to Alpine, Washington, where murder and ma…
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