Download or read book Sauvignon Slaying written by Elizabeth Rain and published by Elizabeth Rain. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Grisly Murder, a Desperate Ghost, and a 100-year-old Secret? Buying the rundown Vineyard on Spell's Bay is Verity's Do-Over. It just needs a little TLC. And maybe a bulldozer. It's here in the Magic-Filled town of Veil Falls that she will find out she's something more than Over-the-Hill and Broke... According to Honor, her handsome next-door neighbor and resident Vine Warlock, she has a certain gift. Only a Wine Witch isn't all she is. When the Naked Ghost on the Chair in her Bedroom starts asking questions, she's certain she's ready for the Not so Funny Farm...and determined to get rid of the Curse! But after her first paying venue goes belly up....and Dead Hostess down, Verity, along with her newly adopted crime-sleuthing kitten Lois, will need to solve the murder quick if she want to get paid and keep the farm. There's a load of secrets in this seemingly cozy little town where nothing happens by chance... And the biggest one of all may be just past the spiders in the cellar on the left...

Download or read book Wine Fiction A Bibliography 4th Edition written by Warren R. Johnson and published by Second Harvest Books. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wine Fiction: A Bibliography 4th Edition will appeal to you who like to read fiction books with a wine, winery or vineyard theme. This 98-page book lists 2500 eBooks in 13 categories including Mystery, Novel, Romance, Story, Fantasy, Horror, to name six of the generas. These may be new, old, or hard-to-find books. New to this edition is a list of movies based on a wine fiction book. Click on a category in the Table of Contents to move to your genera of choice. Happy reading.

Download or read book Select Wine Bibliographies 2nd Edition written by Warren R. Johnson and published by Second Harvest Books. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Select Wine Bibliographies includes published works from the 1600s through 2023 All listings are works published in the English language. Each book includes an ISBN (when available), the format (hardcover, softcover, digital, or manuscript), as well as any notes that may list subsequent editions or other pertinent information. Thirteen major subjects are included with over 2300 listings. The goal is to first list first editions in hardcover when possible; otherwise, if later editions are more relevant, they become the primary source. Many of these works may have been published in additional formats. Thirteen major subjects are included with over 2300 listings.

Download or read book Murder Uncorked written by Michele Scott and published by Michele Scott. This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikki Sands was like every other aspiring actress—waiting tables between jobs. But Nikki had taken serving wines to heart. She knew enough to impress Napa Valley’s golden boy, Derek Malveaux, who offered her a job at his vineyard. And though Nikki may have left her dreams of stardom behind, the world of wine is ripe with intrigue—and the seeds of sleuthing are planted… Nikki has just set foot on Napa Valley’s rich soil when she realizes her new job may not be as safe as she thought. First off, Derek Malveaux is disconcertingly sexy. Second, his top winemaker is dead in the bushes outside Nikki’s cottage. It doesn’t take a connoisseur of foul play to know something’s taken a terrible turn…

Download or read book Hominy Homicide written by Elizabeth Rain and published by Elizabeth Rain. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charming Lovecakes or a Poison-filled Conspiracy? Juli Mason finds herself in a sticky situation when her cousin Charme's Lovecakes shop becomes the epicenter of a deadly cupcake conspiracy. Someone's using Charme's sweet treats as a lethal weapon, turning wedding celebrations into recipes for disaster. With her own wedding to plan, a cousin to keep out of handcuffs, and a poison-peddling killer on the loose, Veil Falls is becoming a paranormal crime scene. The arrival of the mysterious Seamus Mackey, the new potions and elixirs shop owner, raises eyebrows and suspicions when he moves in next door to Charme’s Lovecakes. Is he dredging up lovebombs for the perfect magical bath as its charming competitor, or is he their most deadly adversary, concealing the secrets of a cunning murderer? Juli's determined to unveil the truth, save Charme's shop, and catch the poison-peddling culprit before the next batch of cupcakes hits the oven.

Download or read book The Merlot Murders written by Ellen Crosby and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucie Montgomery is the only member of her family opposed to the sale of the family's vineyard, and therefore the next possible victim of a greedy murderer.

Download or read book The Vineyard Victims written by Ellen Crosby and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspecting foul play when a real estate mogul and failed presidential candidate commits suicide, winemaker Lucie Montgomery discovers a connection between the victim, his circle of academic elites and the 25-year-old murder of a brilliant PhD student.

Download or read book A Vintage Murder written by Michele Scott and published by Michele Scott. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When things in the land down under start to heat up, murder steps in. Nikki and her boss-turned-boyfriend came to Australia to visit the Hahndorf Winery, but it seems they’ve also walked onto a movie set. And when lead actress Lucy Swanson is found dead in her trailer, bitten by a poisonous snake, Nikki must comb the vineyards of the valley to catch a killer with a venomous streak—before she’s struck herself.

Download or read book Tangled Vines written by Frances Dinkelspiel and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately set by a passionate oenophile named Mark Anderson, a skilled con man and thief with storage space at the warehouse who needed to cover his tracks. With a propane torch and a bucket of gasoline-soaked rags, Anderson annihilated entire California vineyard libraries as well as bottles of some of the most sought-after wines in the world. Among the priceless bottles destroyed were 175 bottles of Port and Angelica from one of the oldest vineyards in California made by Frances Dinkelspiel's great-great grandfather, Isaias Hellman, in 1875. Sadly, Mark Anderson was not the first to harm the industry. The history of the California wine trade, dating back to the 19th Century, is a story of vineyards with dark and bloody pasts, tales of rich men, strangling monopolies, the brutal enslavement of vineyard workers and murder. Five of the wine trade murders were associated with Isaias Hellman's vineyard in Rancho Cucamonga beginning with the killing of John Rains who owned the land at the time. He was shot several times, dragged from a wagon and left off the main road for the coyotes to feed on. In her new book, Frances Dinkelspiel looks beneath the casually elegant veneer of California's wine regions to find the obsession, greed and violence lying in wait. Few people sipping a fine California Cabernet can even guess at the Tangled Vines where its life began.

Download or read book Corked By Cabernet written by Michele Scott and published by Michele Scott. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikki Sands is exactly where she wants to be as the Manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley—and “shacking up” with the owner, her boyfriend Derek Malveaux. But she starts to lose control when some self-helpers arrive and steal her peace of mind… Nikki couldn’t be happier settling into the vineyard with her boyfriend Derek. But when a guru and his followers check into the winery’s boutique hotel and spa for a retreat, she feels far from enlightened as she’s forced to take on the role of event coordinator. Their first outing on the famous Napa Valley Wine train reinforces her doubt when a member goes missing. The guru’s devotee is found in the wine storage car where someone quite literally—and fatally—put a cork in him. It’s up to Nikki to stop a killer who’s developed a real taste for murder…

Download or read book How to Slay at Work written by Sarah Bonner and published by Boldwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2024-09-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A hilarious romp that I just couldn’t put down.' Katy Brent When your boss is at a conference in a city where there's a suspicious death, it's unlucky. If it happens twice, it's odd. But when she's in the same city at the same time as a third unexplained death . . . Could she be a stone-cold killer? Millie's always known her boss Freya is a psycho – the demanding and ever-changing coffee orders, the cryptic instructions, the apparently expected mind reading and don't even start on the insistence that Millie wears heels . . . All. The. Time. But it only extends as far as exacting office standards. Right? As Freya's assistant, Millie has privileged access to her diary and travel history and when a pattern emerges of men (who seem to have no connection to each other) dying in cities where Freya is travelling, Millie is determined to figure out what's going on. After all, a stone-cold killer could be exactly what Millie needs . . . A sharp, funny and deliciously dark thriller that fans of Katy Brent, Bella Mackie or Killing Eve will love. 'A hilarious romp that I just couldn’t put down. Bonner’s newest novel had me absolutely howling with her murderous boss. If Miranda Priestly went on a killing spree it would look like this. Just brilliant.' Katy Brent, author of How To Kill Men and Get Away With It Praise for Sarah Bonner: 'Brilliantly twisty and thoroughly entertaining – an extremely impressive debut.' T. M. Logan, bestselling author of The Holiday 'A perfect thriller, we read this in one sitting.' Closer 'A wonderfully twisty, and twisted, thriller that'll have you up until the early hours, and with an ending that you will NOT see coming. Brilliant.' S J Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go To Sleep 'Captivating.' Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal 'Constant twists, turns and delicious backstabbing betrayals.' Culturefly 'A twisted tale I could not have loved more.' Natasha Harding, Sun

Download or read book Nightmare in Napa written by Paul LaRosa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the brutal killings of two young women, roommates Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna, who were stabbed by an intruder, and the investigation that led to a surprising culprit.

Download or read book A Taste of Sauvignon written by Heather Heyford and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Heather Heyford as she returns to Napa for a third taste in her series following three wine heiresses, each as vibrant and unique as the grapes for which they were named... Sauvignon St. Pierre has always been fiercely ambitious. She easily could’ve cashed in on her family’s fortune, but instead, she struck out on her own, breezed through law school, and landed a job at a small firm in Napa. Savvy’s life is as tidy and straightforward as her sizable collection of little black dresses, and she likes it that way—but every now and then, she can’t help but long for her first sip of love... After a chance encounter with Esteban Morales, the caliente son of Papa St. Pierre’s long-time rival, something inside Savvy wakes up. It could be that Esteban’s interest in cultivating lavender appeals to her passion for perfumery. But there’s something else about the charming but down-to-earth farmer that she simply can’t resist. They both know their families are an unlikely pairing, but together, Savvy and Esteban just may be the ideal varietals for a perfect blend...

Download or read book Here to Slay written by Amy Cissell and published by Broken World Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who says vampire slaying is a young woman’s game? When 50-year-old Charlie Williams buys the winery she’s been saving for her whole life, she thought her vessel—wine not sailing—had come in. Sure, there’d been a couple supernatural snafus, but that was behind her. But when she’s ambushed at home by two vampires, all she has to fall back on is witty banter and a hot streak of luck. Avoiding the truth won’t work anymore. The vampires are back, and accepting her calling as a middle-aged Buffy is the only way to save her business—and stay alive. Charlie’s dreams of wine-making success are disappearing faster than a glass of chardonnay at a garden party. Unfortunately, the vampires keep raising the stakes. How much more can her life suck? She’s about to find out… Here to Slay is book 1 in the new Vamps in the Vineyard Paranormal Women’s Fiction Adventure series. If you like strong female characters, all slaying and no laying, and more vampire puns than you can shake a stake at, then this is the series for you! Keywords: contemporary fantasy, best female friends, humorous fantasy, supernatural series, tough heroine books, paranormal women's fiction, characters over 40, women over 40, vampire slayer fantasy, middle-aged vampire slayers, occult fantasy

Download or read book A Case of Syrah Syrah written by Nancy J. Parra and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winery tour guide Taylor O’Brian must weed out a killer in this intoxicating series debut perfect for fans of Laura Childs and Ellen Crosby. Prospects are looking rosy for Taylor O’Brian, founder of “Off the Beaten Path” Wine Country Tours, who lives on a small winery with her Aunt Jemma and leads tours around romantic Sonoma County. At first blush, things are running smoothly, until a tour member is found dead—with Taylor’s corkscrew buried in her neck. Taylor has no nose for detective work, but as she begins to follow a trail of bottled-up secrets, events take a sour new turn. Only two weeks after the murder, her assistant Amy marries Dan, the dead woman’s husband, whose short-lived bereavement seems like a sham. And just as her investigation begins to take shape, Dan’s sister turns up dead. Could Taylor be next on the list? Now it’s up to Taylor to uncork this open-bottle mystery before more blood is spilled. A dry, witty, complex bouquet of a whodunit, A Case of Syrah, Syrah, the charming first in Nancy J. Parra’s Sonoma Wine Country mysteries, will delight cozy and wine lovers alike.

Download or read book Wine and Dead Another Murder written by Christa Nardi and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wine tasting, murder and more.A murder and a toxic substance in a vineyard would spell doom for the manager of any winery. And when that manager is a woman, a rarity in the wine industry, people are quick to place the blame on her shoulders. Even though Sheridan's husband, Brett, and his partner are already on the case, the amateur sleuth, is quick to jump in. In her search for clues, Sheridan and her friends explore the offerings at several nearby vineyards, where they discover more than great wine.Join Sheridan for a trip from your favorite chair, filled with friends, fun, and two mysteries.

Download or read book Murder in the Wine Country written by Janet Finsilver and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curl up with a glass of merlot and travel to California wine country, where a sweet, unsuspecting town becomes the site of mischief and murder… This is a cozy mystery that will check all your boxes: a charming bed and breakfast, a clever heroine and a lovable cattle dog named Rex…you are sure to fall for this series! Weeding out killers wasn’t part of the job description . . . Kelly Jackson, manager of the Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast, is excited to participate in an event to raise awareness for the plight of struggling veterans in their Northern California coastal community. Local wineries are sponsoring tastings, and to prepare for a culinary competition, professional chefs will forage for wild edible greens. Kelly plans to come along, despite a warning to beware of poachers, who have been stealing the highly valued succulent Dudleya farinosa. The senior sleuths who call themselves the Silver Sentinels join forces with environmental activists known as the Succulent Saviors to thwart the poaching operation. When a consultant for the sale of a local winery is murdered, the poachers are suspected—but so is a wine merchant, Kelly's friend Phil. As Kelly and the Silver Sentinels attempt to root out the real killer, what she digs up might just put her permanently underground . . .