Death and Wine

When wine critic Ambrose Hauser invites Liz Bartholomew to a prestigious tasting event, she is thrilled. Joined by her locksmith husband, Cy, she spends the event’s first day sipping and grading wine. That evening, the Bartholomews join the critics on a boat excursion and a twilight swim.

Ten people descend into Lake Monona. When it’s time to return to the boat, one swimmer, a wine critic named Carpenter Dalbesio, is missing. The next morning, divers find the woman at the bottom of the lake, her throat cut.

There are no witnesses, and few clues. The police can’t even identify a suspect with a persuasive motive for wanting the woman dead.

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