The merlot murders
Subtitle: a wine country mystery
By: Ellen Crosby
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780743289900
Subjects: Fiction; Lucie Montgomery (Fictitious character); Vintners
Description: Lucie Montgomery's semi-estranged brother, Eli, calls her in France to tell her their father, Leland, has been killed in a hunting accident on the family's five-hundred-acre Virginia vineyard. But the vineyard is now shabby and run-down and her siblings want to sell it. Then Lucie's godfather tells her Leland's death was no accident. With her greedy brother, hell-raising sister, and a seemingly cut-rate vintner hired by Leland just before he died, all the suspects are disturbingly close to home. Unsure whom she can trust, Lucie must uncover the truth -- and oversee a successful harvest -- to save the vineyard she loves.