The Alpine Escape Author:Mary Daheim THE EDITOR OF THE ALPINE ADVOCATE GOES DIGGING FOR A MURDERER. — At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do — some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific — Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping — friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a sk... more »eleton in their basement.
The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a
crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a
locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancient
photographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous
waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that
twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should never be told....« less