There is a new true crime paperback series from the folks who bring us 48 Hours, the CBS prime-time news series.
The first title in the series, Nightmare in Napa, relates the chilling story of the murders of two women on Halloween night, 2004.
There is a good selection of cozy mysteries set in Napa California wine country if the real thing is too scary for you.
Kathleen Delaney’s recent And Murder for Dessert is an intoxicating mystery in which a winery restaurant chef is found dead in a fermenting tank.
Another chef gets shot while having his customary bubble bath in Michele Scott’s Silenced by Syrah, the latest in her Wine Lover’s Mysteries series, which come complete with recipes and wine pairings.
In Nadia Gordon’s Sunny McCoskey mysteries, the detective is a chef.
Murder and mayhem not withstanding, Napa has become a prime travel destination as evidenced by Library’s ever-growing number of wine country guidebooks.
If the Virginia wine scene is more to your taste, try Ellen Crosby’s The Merlot Murders and The Chardonnay Charade.
And if you want something way off the beaten wine trail, Tamar Myers’ Grape Expectations will take you into the heart of Pennsylvania Mennonite country where a new winery is in the works much to the dismay of the local inhabitants for whom the consumption of spirits is a big no-no.
Cheers!