Ellen Crosby

Riesling Retribution: a Wine Country Mystery Ellen Crosby

Marc Notes: Includes an excerpt from The Viognier vendetta.; When Lucie Montgomery stumbles across a skull in her vineyard--just after the tornado that almost kills her--little does she suspect the skeletons in the family closet to which the discovery will lead in Crosby's fourth Virginia wine country mystery (after 2008's The Bordeaux Betrayal). But who can blame the amateur detective for being a bit off her game, with the hurricane of headaches already buffeting Montgomery Estate Vineyard? Hot-tempered winemaker Quinn Santori and handsome new manager Chance Miller (Lucie is attracted to both) are at each other's throats--and hundreds of Civil War buffs are due in days to re-enact the 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/04/2009 pg. 36 (EAN 9781416551683, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2009 (EAN 9781416551683, Hardcover) Booklist 07/01/2009 pg. 40 (EAN 9781416551683, Hardcover) Romantic Times 08/01/2009 pg. 83 (EAN 9781416551683, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Crosby, Ellen Ellen Crosby is a former freelance reporter for "The Washington Post "and was the Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News. She is the author of "The Viognier Vendetta, The Riesling Retribution, The Bordeaux Betrayal"", " "The Chardonnay Charade, and The Merlot Murders", " "as well as "Moscow Nights", a stand-alone novel published in London. Crosby lives in Virginia with her family.