Blood for wine
By: Warren C. Easley
Edition: First edition.
Series: A Cal Claxton Oregon mystery
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781464208386; 9781464208409
Subjects: Murder; Investigation; Legal stories; Wineries; Extortion; Fiction
Description: "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 of real-life Monopoly is underway. Cal agrees to defend Jim, a good friend, which pulls him reluctantly into the blackmail plot. Emotions are running high over Lori Kavanaugh's bloody death. There is no shortage of suspects. There may be more than the one game in play. And defending Jim might well make Cal the next target of a vicious, cunning killer."--