Murder in the Merlot Quotes

“Two blocks away, in the shadows of the old state asylum—a large complex of yellow-brick Victorian buildings”
― Aaron Stander, Murder in the Merlot

“After opening the doors to the engine compartment, they pulled the lead off the number three spark plug and attached it to the one there. They placed that in the bottom of the boat and poured in some gasoline. Wouldn’t need much, only takes a cup or two. And they might have used a lot more. Wouldn’t have taken long for fumes to fill the whole compartment. That would have been like having several sticks of dynamite waiting for a spark. Greg comes to get his boat. He doesn’t open and check the engine compartment for fumes. He just jumps in, hits the ignition. End of story.”
― Aaron Stander, Murder in the Merlot

“Hanna coarsely grated a chunk of Parmigiano Reggiano as Ray put the finishing touches on a pasta dish, a combination of oven-roasted parsnips, bacon, and heavy cream mixed with al dente farfalle.”
― Aaron Stander, Murder in the Merlot

“They went down to Paw Paw to get a couple of truckloads of grapes we bought for one of our non-estate wines.”
― Aaron Stander, Murder in the Merlot

“the base of the hill he brought the vehicle to a crawl, then carefully turned onto a two-track and threaded his way through two fieldstone columns, an old wooden gate angling away from one”
― Aaron Stander, Murder in the Merlot