Book description
Ellen Crosby's third tale of suspense set amid the vines of Virginia
wine country involves a two-hundred-year-old bottle of Bordeaux that
Thomas Jefferson may have purchased for George Washington and is
turning out to be a wine to die for.
It has been a year since Lucie Montgomery took over running her
family vineyard at the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Bordeaux Betrayal now sweeps her into a mystery that
began more than two centuries ago in France and ends in murder not far
from Montgomery Estate Vineyard.
When author and historian Valerie Beauvais turns up dead the night
after a verbal brawl with a noted wine critic on the grounds of Mount
Vernon, George Washington's home, Lucie is certain Valerie's death is
related to something she knew concerning the authenticity of the
priceless Washington Bordeaux.
As Lucie and her eccentric winemaker Quinn Santori bring in the last
grapes of the season, Quinn's controversial past becomes intertwined
with the murder and the rare wine, testing the bonds of their
increasingly close relationship. New neighbors challenge Lucie for
allowing a century-old hunting club to use her land for foxhunting;
Mick Dunne, Lucie's ex-lover, comes back into her life; and her
beloved French grandfather makes an unexpected visit that will
rekindle painful memories some would prefer to forget.
As Lucie investigates the shadowy history of the Washington wine,
she uncovers a web of deceit and betrayal and a long-forgotten scandal
that affects not only the international wine world but her own as well
Ellen Crosby is the author of six books in the
Virginia wine country mystery series: The Viognier Vendetta, The
Riesling Retribution, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Chardonnay
Charade, and The Merlot Murders. She also wrote Moscow
Nights, a stand-alone novel published in London. A former
freelance reporter for The Washington Post and the Moscow
correspondent for ABC Radio News, Crosby lives in Virginia with her
family. Learn more about her at EllenCrosby. com
