Murder Uncorked

Cece Barton is a widow raising a daughter on her own, and she has recently moved from Los Angeles to California's wine country. She now manages Vino y Vida, a wine bar in the town of Colinas, and is living through her first harvest in the Alexander Valley. This opening book in a new mystery series follows her as the demands of her job keep growing.

Her identical twin, Allie Halstead, runs a Victorian bed and breakfast nearby and is used to the rush of peak tourist season. Cece has little time to settle in. She worries about her college-aged daughter, with whom she is estranged, keeps the bar running, and tries to steer through the tangled politics of the local wine association.

Then a killing shakes the local wine community, and Cece finds herself named as a suspect. With her reputation and income at stake, she begins her own inquiry into the death. As she digs, the search exposes long-standing feuds among the valley's old families and vintners. With Allie's help, Cece is determined to find the real killer and clear her name before she loses the life she has worked so hard to build.