Harvest of Secrets
A Wine Country Mystery
by Ellen Crosby
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Pub Date Nov 06 2018 | Archive Date Nov 06 2018
St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books
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Description
The search for the killer of an aristocratic French winemaker who was Lucie Montgomery’s first crush and the discovery of dark family secrets put Lucie on a collision course with a murderer.
It’s harvest season at Montgomery Estate Vineyard—the busiest time of year for winemakers in Atoka, Virginia. A skull is unearthed near Lucie Montgomery’s family cemetery, and the discovery of the bones coincides with the arrival of handsome, wealthy aristocrat Jean-Claude de Marignac. He’s come to be the head winemaker at neighboring La Vigne Cellars, but he’s no stranger to Lucie—he was her first crush twenty years ago when she spent a summer in France.
Not long after his arrival, Jean-Claude is found dead, and while there is no shortage of suspects who are angry or jealous of his ego and overbearing ways, suspicion falls on Miguel Otero, an immigrant worker at La Vigne, who recently quarreled with Jean-Claude. When Miguel disappears, Lucie receives an ultimatum from her own employees: prove Miguel’s innocence or none of the immigrant community will work for her during the harvest. As Lucie hunts for Jean-Claude’s killer and continues to search for the identity of the skeleton abandoned in the cemetery, she is blindsided by a decades-old secret that shatters everything she thought she knew about her family. Now facing a wrenching emotional choice, Lucie must decide whether it’s finally time to tell the truth and hurt those she loves the most, or keep silent and let past secrets remain dead and buried.
Harvest of Secrets is another corking mystery from author Ellen Crosby.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781250164834 |
| PRICE | $26.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 352 |
Featured Reviews
Natasha R, Bookseller
This is a fascinating multi-layered mystery featuring intelligent, interesting characters, a complicated plot that will keep you engrossed and a beautiful setting in the wine country of Virginia. Lucie Montgomery and her fiance Quinn Santori are running her family winery, trying to decide when to pick the grapes because of an impending hurricane when she gets a phone call from one of her employees telling her that he has uncovered a buried skull outside of the family cemetery. The skull was buried many years ago but Lucie is sure that the woman it belonged to was a relation and it bothers her. But Antonio, who unearthed the skull, sees it as an omen of a death to come. And when the death does come it is that of Jean-Claude, a winemaker from a neighboring vineyard who was Lucie's first crush when she was thirteen. In the intervening years Jean-Claude has caused discord and trouble wherever he has been and there are no shortage of possible suspects. But when the police land on Miguel, one of Jean-Claude's workers, his friends at Lucie's vineyards ask her to stand up for the immigrant community and clear Miguel. Lucie has a full plate dealing with the murder investigation, getting the harvest in, and, finding out about the possibility of a half-brother she never knew about. This was a wonderful book, full of interesting information, interesting people and an interesting setting. I highly recommend it.
Annette H, Media/Journalist
Ellen Crosby does not disappoint... I love how she stays true to her characters, but brings in new elements for each book... Lucy is simply fantastic... Harvest of Secrets grabs the reader from the beginning and keeps the tension going through the end. I loved her acknowledgement of today's culture, but tying it back to Civil War times. This might by my favorite book of the series... and I can't wait to see where she takes Lucy next! Fantastic read!!
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