Wine expert Benjamin Cooker travels to the French capital, where his is called to help care for some vineyards in Montmartre, a neighborhood full of memories for him. He stops in on an old friend. Arthur Solacroup left the Foreign Legion to open a wine shop good enough to be in the Cooker Guide. But an attempted murder brings the past back into the present. But which past? The winemaker detective and his assistant Virgile want to know more, and their investigation leads them from the the sands of Djibouti to the vineyards of Côte du Rhône.
?Difficult to forget and oddly addictive...deserves a high mark for keeping the answers hidden and the pages turning.? ?ForeWord Reviews
?You?ll travel to France to taste the complex flavors, the unraveling of a mystery, while relishing the French countryside, the gourmet dishes, and the simple pleasurable delight of this rare series.? ?5-star educator review
?A smooth, jubilatory discovery of French wine country. I love these.? ?5-star reader review
?The Winemaker Detective Mystery series is a new obsession.? ?Marienella
?Will whet appetites of fans of both Iron Chef and Murder, She Wrote.? ?Booklist (on Treachery in Bordeaux)
?Clever, enjoyable, nuanced in all the right ways.? -MartysReads on Deadly Tasting