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Murder Napa Valley (Margaret Barlow Mysteries)

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Fog flows up the Napa Valley. There is a hit and run death of a grape picker. Margaret Barlow meets a wine salesman at a party. The valley is thirty five miles long.

Margaret, a writer, is to stay at an old winery there. Clearly the host and his brother are quarreling when she arrives. The winery is a family concern, and the vintner, John, has been making wine since childhood. He does not want to make the effort to talk with Margaret. It is the harvest season.

Creating more of a problem is the fact that sabotage has taken place during the previous two years and John wonders if it is fair to Margaret and her story to give her information. He feels he may not be able to continue in the business. It seems the dead picker may have had knowledge of the sabotage.

John's first wife, Hester, a part owner of the property, becomes a murder victim. Police order Margaret to remain at the house. She is contacted by a local journalist to collaborate on an article. Snooping in offices at two AM, Margaret confronts an employee who becomes another victim.

Margaret determines that each death has savage touches. Eventually she does help to solve the mystery. It is a page turner.

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