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• The Merlot Murders Details
  1st in a series of mysteries set in Virginia wine country: Someone wants to buy the 500 acre farm an...
  The Merlot Murders

  1st in a series of mysteries set in Virginia wine country: Someone wants to buy the 500 acre farm and vineyard located at the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains which has belonged to Lucie Montgomery's family since colonial days. And they are apparently willing to commit murder to get it. When Lucie's father Leland dies under questionable circumstances, the vineyard passes to his three children. But Lucie, who has been living in France for several years, quickly discovers that her brother and sister can't wait to nail up the "For Sale" sign while she is the lone holdout for reviving the ailing winery. All too soon it's clear she's the new target of whoever wants her family's land. With a growing list of suspects - including the new cut-rate vintner her father hired shortly before he died - Lucie must act quickly to uncover the identity of a killer who seems disturbingly close to home. Scribner, Pocket 6.99 Subject: mystery close

• The Chardonnay Charade Details
  2nd book in the Virginia wine country mystery series: Lucie Montgomery thinks she has troubles enoug...
  The Chardonnay Charade

  2nd book in the Virginia wine country mystery series: Lucie Montgomery thinks she has troubles enough with a freak spring frost that is threatening to kill her tender young Chardonnay grapes, but when the body of Georgia Greenwood, a controversial political candidate, is found lying in her vineyard, the situation becomes complex indeed. Suspicion immediately falls on Georgia's husband, Ross Greenwood, who is not just Lucie's doctor but also a close friend. Determined to prove Ross's innocence, Lucie crosses swords with her attractive but cantankerous winemaker, Quinn Santori. Then a second vineyard-related death drives the tension even higher. Lucie still believes that in vino veritas -- in wine there is truth -- but she's starting to wonder if her own risk level is moving into the danger zone along with this year's Chardonnay. Scribner, Pocket 6.99 Subject: mystery close

• The Bordeaux Betrayal Details
  3rd book in the Virginia wine country mystery series:When Valerie Beauvais, author of a book on Thom...
  The Bordeaux Betrayal

  3rd book in the Virginia wine country mystery series:When Valerie Beauvais, author of a book on Thomas Jefferson’s travels through the wine regions of France and Italy, turns up dead near Lucie Montgomery’s Virginia vineyard, Lucie is certain Valerie’s murder has something to do with a 200-year-old bottle of Bordeaux Jefferson may once have purchased for his good friend George Washington. Though Lucie plans to auction off the valuable bottle at a charity auction, others have different plans for what’s becoming a wine to die for. As Lucie and her eccentric winemaker Quinn Santori bring in the last grapes of the season, Quinn’s controversial past becomes intertwined with Valerie’s death and the rare Bordeaux. As Lucie unravels the secrets of a long-forgotten wine scandal involving fraud and betrayal, she discovers a web of deceit affecting not only the international wine world, but her own world as well. Scribner 25.00 Subject: mystery close

• The Riesling Retribution Details
  4th in the Lucie Montgomery Virginia wine country mystery series...
  The Riesling Retribution

  4th in the Lucie Montgomery Virginia wine country mystery series Scribner, Pocket $25 Subject: mystery close

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