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Author
Series
Men of valor novels (Irene Hannon) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a disastrous Middle East mission ends his six-year Army Ranger career, Finn McGregor needs some downtime. A peaceful month in the woods sounds like the perfect way to decompress. But peace isn't on the agenda once he crosses paths with publishing executive Dana Lewis, a neighbor who is nursing wounds of her own. Someone seems bent on disrupting her stay in the lakeside cabin she inherited from her grandfather. As Finn and Dana work together...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The fascinating biography of the maverick newspaperwoman, equestrian, aviatrix and intrepid adventurer Alicia Patterson, which follows her exceptional exploits through the first half of the 20th century, from her troublemaking days as the middle child of complicated parents to her successes as publisher of the Pulitzer Prize winning Newsday"--
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 25
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds' domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. The situation grows even more fraught when a shocking link is revealed between the mystery corpse and one of Alpine's own, unearthing a long-buried dark secret.
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When an unpopular local is found murdered in a new rehabilitation facility, reporter and soon-to-be-bride Emma Lord teams up with her friends to identify the culprit and receives the shock of her life when she is framed for the killing.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Age--Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt--is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the country's largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal:...
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Members of the Burl Creek Thimble Club, a quilting circle in small-town Alpine, Washington, are planning a fete to welcome back Genevieve Bayard, who left Alpine, decades ago. But Gen's homecoming is cut decidedly short when she dies at a dinner party. Emma Lord, owner and publisher of the local newspaper, arrives on the scene to report the incident and sleuth her way to the truth.
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Ballantine
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the picturesque little town of Alpine in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains, Emma Lord, editor and publisher of "The Alpine Advocate," uncovers the story behind the story of a drunken brawl at the Icicle Creek Tavern that left loner Alvin De Muth dead and a likable young local on life support.
Author
Series
Emma Lord mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Author
Series
American chronicle (Gore Vidal) volume 7
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Left off her company's fifth anniversary tribute but described by Thomas Mann as "the soul of the firm," Blanche Knopf began her career when she founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915. With her finger on the pulse of a rapidly changing culture, Blanche quickly became a driving force behind the firm. A conduit to the literature of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Blanche also legitimized the hard-boiled detective fiction of writers...
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