Bitter Roots: 12 (A Wine Country Mystery) - Hardcover

Crosby, Ellen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0727891022 ISBN 13: 9780727891020

Publisher: Severn House, 2022

Synopsis

The brutal murder of a beautiful vineyard expert and a devastating storm force Virginia winemaker Lucie Montgomery to confront painful changes on the eve of her wedding.

In just over a week vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori will be married in a ceremony overlooking what should be acres of lush flowering grapevines. Instead they are confronted by an ugly swathe of slowly dying vines and a nursery owner who denies responsibility for selling the diseased plants. With neighboring vineyards facing the same problem, accusations fly and the ugly stand-off between supplier and growers looks set to escalate into open warfare.

When Eve Kerr, a stunning blonde who works at the nursery, is found dead a few days later, everyone wonders if someone in the winemaking community went too far. What especially troubles Lucie is why Eve secretly arranged to meet Quinn on the day she was murdered - and whether Lucie's soon-to-be husband knows something he's not telling her.

Then a catastrophic storm blows through, destroying everything in its path. With no power, no phones, and no wedding venue, Lucie needs to find out who killed Eve and what her death had to do with Quinn.

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About the Author

Ellen Crosby is the author of the Mary Higgins Clark Award-nominated Wine Country mysteries, the Sophie Medina mysteries, and Moscow Nights, a standalone. Previously she was a freelance feature writer for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC News Radio, and an economist at the US Senate. She lives in Virginia.

From the Back Cover

ELLEN CROSBY
BITTER ROOTS

In just over a week vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori will be married in a ceremony overlooking what should be acres of lush flowering grapevines. Instead they are confronted by an ugly swathe of slowly dying vines and a nursery owner who denies responsibility for selling the diseased plants. With neighboring vineyards facing the same problem, accusations fly and the ugly stand-off between supplier and growers looks set to escalate into open warfare.

When Eve Kerr, a stunning blonde who works at the nursery, is found dead a few days later, everyone wonders if someone in the winemaking community went too far. What especially troubles Lucie is why Eve secretly arranged to meet Quinn on the day she was murdered - and whether Lucie's soon-to-be husband knows something he's not telling her.

Then a catastrophic storm blows through, destroying everything in its path. With no power, no phones, and no wedding venue, Lucie needs to find out who killed Eve and what her death had to do with Quinn - as well as attempting to salvage the remnants of her wedding and a now-precarious relationship with her fianc�.

Edition details

• Publisher: Severn House
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0727891022
• ISBN 13: 9780727891020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240