The Alpine Decoy by Mary Daheim

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IN ALPINE, WASHINGTON, NOT ALL THE NEWS IS FIT TO PRINT.

When a beautiful young African-American nurse with a shady past takes a job in Alpine, some locals show their true bigoted natures, filling editor-publisher Emma Lord with disgust. But when a second newcomer--a young black man--is found shot through the head, Emma is stuck with a story she will never forget.

Though Sheriff Milo Dodge connects the victim to the nurse, Emma believes there's something more sinister afoot. So she and Vida Runkel, her formidable house-and-home editor, try writing their own scenario. But the case offers too many subplots, too many suspects, and one crafty killer who leaves no tracks. That is, until Emma hits the deadly trail....

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First Edition

Paperback

Sep-1994

Ballantine

ISBN: 0345388410

ISBN13: 9780345388414

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published

Sep-1994 (paperback)

author series

An Emma Lord Mystery - 4

genres

Mystery/Suspense

Amateur Sleuth

time period

Contemporary

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Sandra Hill

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