Death, Dismay and Rosé (A Wine Trail Mystery #6) by J.C. Eaton #bookreview #mystery
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Title: Death, Dismay and Rosé
Author: J.C. Eaton
Publisher: Beyond the Page
Publication Date: Sept 29, 2020
Page Count: 247
My rating: 4 stars
About the book:
When a local historian is found dead, Norrie Ellington has to dig through the clues to prove the cause was not a centuries-old curse but coldblooded murder . . .
It’s rare that the summer solstice and a full moon fall on the same night, but winery manager Norrie Ellington is all too familiar with the curse that supposedly accompanies the event: the death by suffocation of someone in the area. She’s inclined to write the whole thing off as folktale nonsense―until the president of the local historical society is found smothered on that very night. Local law enforcement aren’t quite so superstitious, however, and they’ve pegged a close friend of Norrie’s for the murder.
Determined to discredit the curse and get her friend off the hook, Norrie begins digging into the background of the victim, only to discover that he had no shortage of enemies. And as evidence emerges of his questionable connections and shady dealings, Norrie follows a trail of clues that leads her smack into the racing world at Watkins Glen. She’ll have to shift into overdrive to save her friend, because curse or not, there’s a flesh-and-blood killer dead set on making Norrie the next victim . . .
Death, Dismay and Rosé by J.C. Eaton is the sixth book in the cozy The Wine Trail Mysteries series. Each book of this series has it’s own mystery that will be solved within so they could be read as a standalone or in any order if choosing to do so. However, for those following from the beginning there is character development that carries over from book to book.
This series began with Norrie Ellington having been asked to return home to upstate New York by her sister to oversee the family business, Two Witches Winery. Norrie’s sister and her brother in law had been given a grant to study a species of insect in Costa Rica for a next year and while Norrie had made her life in New York City she would be able to continue her job as a successful screenwriter anywhere.
Who knew however that returning home to the winery would bring Norrie face to face with so many murders in their normally quiet area though. This time around Norrie is trying to solve a murder that is wrapped up in old folklore. It was said that in the rare occurrence of the summer solstice and a full moon falling on the same night that there would be a death by suffocation of someone in the area so when the president of the local historical society is found smothered Norrie jumps in to find yet another murderer before someone she knows takes the blame.
The Wine Trail Mysteries series is one of two series that I have followed from the beginning written by the husband and wife team writing under the name J.C. Eaton. What I’ve found is that this series along with the other I am reading both have those humorous and quirky nature to them that I love. And as always while laughing along at the events there is a solid mystery to be solved along the way too. Definitely one that I will continue to return to in the future.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
J.C. Eaton is the wife and husband writing team of Ann I. Goldfarb and James E. Clapp who reside in Arizona.
Ann I. Goldfarb
New York native Ann I. Goldfarb spent most of her life in education, first as a classroom teacher and later as a middle school principal and professional staff developer. Writing as J. C. Eaton, along with her husband, James Clapp, she has authored the Sophie Kimball Mysteries (Kensington). In addition, Ann has nine published YA time travel mysteries under her own name. Visit the websites at: http://www.jceatonauthor.com and http://www.timetravelmysteries.com
James E. Clapp
When James E. Clapp retired as the tasting room manager for a large upstate New York winery, he never imagined he’d be co-authoring cozy mysteries with his wife, Ann I. Goldfarb. Booked 4 Murder (Kensington) is his first novel. Non-fiction in the form of informational brochures and workshop materials treating the winery industry were his forte along with an extensive background and experience in construction that started with his service in the U.S. Navy and included vocational school classroom teaching. Visit the website at http://www.jceatonauthor.com
BOOKED 4 MURDER, the first novel in the Sophie Kimball Mystery Series, took first place in the 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards in the Cozy Mystery Category.
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