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For the Sake of the Vine (Merlot Murder Mysteries)
by
Adria Lang
Winemaking is an art, murder is too...
SYNOPSIS:
A phone call in the middle of the night shatters the lives of twins Zachary and Angelina Bartlett. A plane crash into shark infested waters has claimed the lives of their father, Master Winemaker Horst Bartlett, and their wicked stepmother, Tilda. Forced to return to the family vineyard to oversee the completion of the latest...more
SYNOPSIS:
A phone call in the middle of the night shatters the lives of twins Zachary and Angelina Bartlett. A plane crash into shark infested waters has claimed the lives of their father, Master Winemaker Horst Bartlett, and their wicked stepmother, Tilda. Forced to return to the family vineyard to oversee the completion of the latest...more
Published
2009
by Tigress Publishing
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Here's a line from For the Sake of the Vine that pretty much captures its mood: "Cynics and atheists say that we come into this world alone and that we die alone, and the time in between is nothing but a series of doomed attempts to undermine this inevitability." The tone is pure Goth, and although the book is not surrealistic, somehow vampires and werewolves wouldn't be out of place in its world.
"But" muses one of the main characters, "twins don't enter the world alone." And so the bizarre, ext...more
"But" muses one of the main characters, "twins don't enter the world alone." And so the bizarre, ext...more
I'm not sure what I really think about this book. I wouldn't say I liked it. But, it isn't badly written.
Okay - from the beginning - I read this book since it is my book club's choice for November. I was actually looking forward to it since it was set in Prosser, Washington (just a short drive from my home town of Kennewick). It is set in a winery and the blurb on the back made me think of those cozy mysteries where bodies just end up in strange places.
It wasn't like that at all. In many ways y...more
Okay - from the beginning - I read this book since it is my book club's choice for November. I was actually looking forward to it since it was set in Prosser, Washington (just a short drive from my home town of Kennewick). It is set in a winery and the blurb on the back made me think of those cozy mysteries where bodies just end up in strange places.
It wasn't like that at all. In many ways y...more
Boy, this is a strange one. I picked it up at a thrift store because of it's unusual design. The whole thing fairly screams "self-published," which means it's in sore need of an editor, if only to have pointed out the confusing and inconsistent characterizations and bizarre overall concept, which apparently (it's not too clear) consists of a winery that incorporates dead bodies into some of its more renowned varieties. Oddly enough, it's fairly well-written from a technical standpoint (none of t...more
Jan 06, 2010
Michelle
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
no one
Recommended to Michelle by:
This was for my mystery book group
Do I have to give this book a star? I hoped this would be a fun romp through my home town of Prosser, but instead it was a drag though the blood! Boo!:(
Jun 06, 2013
William Bevill
marked it as to-read
Feb 06, 2010
Phyllis
marked it as to-read
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