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Ellen Crosby is the author of Moscow Nights (Piatkus, UK) and six books in the Virginia wine country series: The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Riesling Retribution, The Viognier Vendetta, and The Sauvignon Secret (August, 2011). Before writing fiction, Crosby was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and an economist at the US Senate. After living overseas for many years, Crosby now resides in Virginia with her family. For more information visit her website at http://www.ellencrosby.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ellen-Cros...


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Yesterday we had a dusting of snow that covered the ground but left the roads untouched. It's the first of this winter season, which has been unusually mild. I'm not complaining; we have a driveway that's as long as a football field and shoveling it, even with the snow blower, is no picnic. But by the middle of today, the temperatures were up in the 50s and it was positively balmy when I too...

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Published on January 10, 2012 17:56 • 40 views
Average rating: 3.50 · 1,698 ratings · 369 reviews · 7 distinct works
The Merlot Murders (Wine Count...
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 546 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions
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The Chardonnay Charade (Wine C...
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions
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The Bordeaux Betrayal (Wine Co...
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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The Riesling Retribution (Wine...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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The Viognier Vendetta (Wine Co...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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The Sauvignon Secret (Wine Cou...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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Moscow Nights
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More books by Ellen Crosby…
The Merlot Murders The Chardonnay Charade The Bordeaux Betrayal The Riesling Retribution The Viognier Vendetta The Sauvignon Secret
Wine Country Mysteries (6 books)
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October 2009, Ellen Crosby
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? EC: Family, friends, books . . . have I left anything out? What Readers want to know... SS: If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? EC: a beach S..." ...More

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Terrific! Great lyrical writing, excellent story. LA lovingly described by someone who knows it well. Put it on your "must read" list.
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“We all have a right to our private lives; it's living a secret life that gets us in trouble.”
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Gary Revel Thanks for the add ELLEN:

My Memoir - TO LIVE OR MAYBE NOT;
at Barnes and Noble.

My birth in Alabama, youth, high school-Holmes County High School, US Navy Service, music-Hollywood, Memphis, Nashville, Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Investigation, recording and releasing the single record of the song about the MLK assassination, THEY SLEW THE DREAMER and more.

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Ellen Crosby Hey, Beth -- starting to feel like Colorado here in DC/VA with all the snow we're getting! See you when we all thaw out!


message 1: by Beth (last edited Jan 30, 2010 06:25pm)

Beth Hi Ellen,
Thanks for befriending this fellow Goodreads mystery author!


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