This well-plotted addition to these award-winning mysteries (after Harvest of Secrets) will appeal to fans of the series and historical puzzles, as seen in the film National Treasure.
Returning for a seventh outing (after The Sauvignon Secret), Virginia vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery and winemaker Quinn Santori are set to make champagne for the first time, when Quinn's cousin Gino Tomassi asks for help dealing with a blackmailer who threatens to reveal explosive family history secrets...
The fifth entry (after The Merlot Murders) in Crosby's mystery series set in Virginia's wine country mixes winemaking details with a timely tale that incorporates the current financial and political climate. Fans of Kathryn K. Wall and Carolyn Haines might enjoy this series.