Deadly Vintage: Murder in the Vineyard

Murder, greed, and rare vintage wines collide in British Columbia’s deadly Okanagan wine country.When a winemaker is drowned in his own prize-winning vintage, Detective Jasmine Ryder must uncork a conspiracy where every suspect has a taste for murder.Detective Jaz Ryder thought her first case in Kelowna was brutal. But nothing prepares her for the murder of Paul Delgado, a celebrated vintner found dead in his own fermentation vat, the lid sealed shut above him. With his award-winning wine stolen from the cellar and his winemaker vanished into the hills, Jaz is plunged into the cutthroat world of boutique winemaking, where a single bottle can fetch tens of thousands and a platinum vintage is worth killing for.As she and partner Lars Nielsen dig deeper, the suspects multiply: a glamorous young wife with secrets, a power-hungry neighbor married to Vancouver's most ruthless defense lawyer, a volatile son cast out of the family business, and a mysterious octogenarian investor with ties to Jaz's own past. When a connection surfaces between the stolen wine and the decade-old murder of Jaz's parents in Spain, the case turns devastatingly personal, and the people she trusts most may be the ones she should fear.From the sun-drenched vineyards of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley to the criminal underworld of international wine fraud, Deadly Vintage: Murder in the Vineyard delivers a rich, fast-paced thriller where old-world passion meets new-world greed. Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen, and Lisa Gardner.Praise for the Jaz Ryder Detective Series:★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A well-devised police procedural mystery.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jaz is a heroine… tough, gutsy, and a real force to be reckoned with.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I like the banter between her and her partner.★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice to have another savvy female detective.

Lyle Nicholson is the author of ten novels, two novellas and two short stories, as well as a contributor of freelance articles to several newspapers and magazines in Canada. In his former life, he was a sales agent calling on oil and gas companies from the far north of Alaska's Arctic to Huston and Aberdeen in Scotland. After years of being on the road, he retired to write down the stories that had been bouncing around in his head for years. Now, he lives in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada with his lovely wife and enjoys writing detective fiction novels with a twist. He's happy he's off the road and following his passion.