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Forced to shelve a story about a murder victim whose information cannot be confirmed, "Alpine Advocate" editor Emma Lord investigates a series of local runaways at the same time Deputy Sam Heppner takes a leave of absence for secret reasons.

Shannon McClain and the Purls of Hope knitting circle go for what is intended to be a pleasant excursion to watch a play starring Essie Engleman, manager of the Shannon's Paisley Craft Market and Artist Loft. Comedy turns to tragedy when the director of the play dies, apparently of food poisoning. Shannon and the Purls must solve the mystery when Essie becomes the suspect in the murder.

Shannon McClain witnesses a burglary in progress and the Apple Grove autumn festival is the scene of a murder investigation after a body is discovered beneath one of the parade floats.

Taxidermist Bill Pennington is a disgraced former deputy sheriff accused of murder when one of his stolen hunting arrows kills one of his clients. Refuting the murder charge threatens to expose two secrets. Revealing one secret will get him killed, and he would rather die than admit the second secret.

"Shannon McClain and two of the friends from the Purls of Hope group travel to a dude ranch upon the invitation from Molly Rivers, owner of the ranch. There they find the ranch has been beset by an unfortunate sequence of accidents. Are they accidents or an attempt fo run Molly out of business? Shannon and the Purls come to her rescue."--

A detective who finds himself unprepared to deal with the supernatural.

"When Cal's neighbor, Jim Kavanaugh, the owner and gifted vintner of an up-and-coming winery, is accused of murdering his wife, his freedom--and the grape harvest--is suddenly in jeopardy along with his reputation, and his business begins to slide. No gentleman farmer, this puts the rugged winemaker's property, his only financial asset, in play. When a blackmail plot is hatched against the owner of adjacent land, it begins to look like a brutal game...

From the co-creator of the landmark series, the story millions of fans have been waiting to get their hands on for more than 25 long years.
A vastly layered, wide-ranging history that deepens the mysteries of the iconic town in ways that will thrill disciples of the original series, and will prep fans for the Showtime series like nothing else out there.
Four original TWIN PEAKS cast members— Kyle MacLachlan, Russ Tamblyn,

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Sassy, intelligent, single mother Emma Lord has always wanted to own a newspaper. And when she inherits half a million dollars from an ex-boyfriend, she is able to do just that. She buys The Alpine Advocate, local paper of the sleepy town of Alpine, Washington. Unfortunately, there's not much to write about in a small town. But then the murders start, and Emma finds that not only does she have front-page stories to write, she also has killers to uncover!...