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Emma Lord is back and better than ever! This time around, the amateur detective partners up with a rookie sleuth to investigate a string of murders in her beloved Alpine, Washington. For a small town nestled in the Cascade Mountains� foothills, picturesque Alpine provides more than enough headlines to fill the pages of editor and publisher Emma Lord�s Alpine Advocate. The Labor Day edition�s lead story features controversial timber baron Jack Blackwell�s scheme to become Skykomish county manager. But the recent strangling deaths of two young women are all anyone can talk about. After a third body is found, Emma�s husband, Sheriff Milo Dodge, suspects there�s a serial killer in their midst. The latest victim is the sister of a dashing newcomer rumored to be working for Blackwell. �Black Jack,� as he�s known to his non-admirers, has a long-standing rivalry with Milo. To discover if there�s any connection between the mogul and the murders, Emma recruits the Advocate�s receptionist, Alison Lindahl, to do a little digging. Still recovering from a recent breakup, Alison welcomes the distraction. But when the investigation puts the eager prot�g� in the line of fire, Emma worries that the cub reporter�s career will be over before it even begins. 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