Noble Rot

Murder in Mexico #17

by John Scherber

When a prominent Northern California winery family comes to San Miguel to check out additional properties, a disturbing conflict is already running deep beneath the surface. As they rent an upscale mansion for a month's stay, the head of the family is murdered on a stone staircase worthy of a coronation procession. With five family members and nine staff people in the house, there's a rich roster of possible killers. Layer by layer the mystery unfolds in this, the seventeenth Paul Zacher mystery.

Genres: Mystery

278 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2016

About the author

John Scherber, a Minnesota native, settled in México in 2007. He is the author of 15 Paul Zacher mysteries, (The Murder in México series), set in the old colonial hill town of San Miguel de Allende, as well as his three award-winning nonfiction accounts of the expatriate experience, San Miguel de Allende: A Place in the Heart, Into the Heart of Mexico: Expatriates Find Themselves Off the Beaten Path, and Living in San Miguel: The Heart of the Matter. In addition, two volumes of the Townshend Vampire Trilogy have appeared, and a paranormal thriller titled The Devil’s Workshop.
His work is known for its fast pace, irreverent humor, and light-hearted excursions into the worlds of art and antiques––always with an edge of suspense. Neither highbrow nor lowbrow, his books are written as entertainments and dedicated to the enjoyment of reading. While he has acknowledged being no single one of his characters, he also admits to being all of them.

Reviews

[Suki Jantzen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow!

Really good. I read straight through it, too. Very good rhythm. The story is veeery interesting. There are no typos, either, thank God!

[Ellen White · Rating 4 out of 5]

A twisted tale of family dynamics
A woman who plays the men in this family
Seems untouched by what is happening
A woman whose life was this vineyard
Is there heirs left to run
Well done