The Alpine Winter

Description

As winter settles over the Cascade foothills, Emma Lord—editor and publisher of the Alpine Advocate—tries to hold onto the season’s cheer while family tensions threaten to spoil everything. With her son and brother arriving just as old resentments and new complications surface, Emma finds herself pulled into another small-town mystery where gossip travels faster than the snow. When a troubling situation involving an ill-tempered relative and an ailing elder friend draws the household into the orbit of suspicion, Emma must rely on her sharp instincts and community connections to separate fact from rumor. Blending cozy charm with a brisk, conversational mystery style, this installment explores the bonds—and fractures—of family, the comfort and danger of tradition, and the quiet determination required to uncover the truth in a town that thinks it already knows everything.