Welcome to mystery lovers? favorite destination: Alpine, Washington, Mary Daheim?s picturesque old logging town in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. From the Venison Inn to the Upper Crust Bakery, Front Street is jumping?and the nerve center of the community is the office of The Alpine Advocate, Emma Lord?s weekly newspaper, which keeps folks up to speed on everything from joyous weddings to sudden, violent death.