Taylor OβBrian is a new businesswoman, founder of βTaylorβs Off The Beaten Path Wine Tours,β who lives on a small winery with her Aunt Jemma. She plans to take small groups around romantic Sonoma county to discover some of the countyβs outdoor gardens. Itβs all running as smooth as can be until Laura, the leader of the group of yoga instructors sheβs leading, is found dead. And itβs Taylorβs corkscrew thatβs found buried in Lauraβs neck.
Sheβs not sure who to trust, and everyone around suddenly seems suspect. Only two weeks after the murder, her very own administrative assistant, Amy, marries Lauraβs husband, Dan, who doesnβt seem very bereaved about being widowed, and the three yoga masters who were also out on the tour begin to seem shady. Taylor canβt afford to jump ship from her new business endeavor, but just as she begins her investigation, another dead body surfaces. This time, itβs Danβs sister. And the killer is coming for Taylor next.
Now itβs up to Taylor to uncork this open-bottle mystery, before more blood is spilled. For fans of Laura Childs and Ellen Crosby, A Case of Syrah, Syrah is the charming first in bestselling author Nancy J. Parraβs Wine Country mysteries.
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