Ellen Crosby

Ellen Crosby reads from The Sauvignon Secret.

signs The Sauvignon Secret ($24 Simon Schuster) while we serve Sauvignon and assorted cheeses. Photos of Yalta's Massandra Palace wine cellar with vintages going back into the 19th Century. Lucie Montgomery investigates a secret society and mysterious deaths in Napa, California, and renews her relationship with winemaker Quinn Santori. Ellen Crosby is the author of Moscow Nights (Piatkus, UK) and five books in the Virginia wine country series: The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Riesling Retribution and The Viognier Vendetta. The Riesling Retribution was a fiction finalist for the 2010 Library of Virginia People's Choice Award and is the 2010 US winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Wine Literature. Before writing fiction, Crosby was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and an economist at the US Senate. After living overseas for many years, Crosby now resides in Virginia with her family. (aripoisonedpen)… (more)

Ellen Crosby reads from The Viognier Vendetta.

Ellen Crosby at the Georgetown Club Join us for a reception and book signing with the author of the Viognier Vendetta, a mystery set right here in Washington, DC, written by bestselling author Ellen Crosby! Tickets cost $45.00 for the reception and a signed copy of the hardcover book. Purchase before September 19 and save $10! Hear more from Ellen about The Viognier Vendetta and another one of her five books, The Riesling Retribution at Simon & Schuster. (harvetta1)… (more)

Ellen Crosby promotes The Riesling Retribution.

Ellen Crosby will launch The Riesling Retribution, the fourth in her mystery series featuring wine and great descriptions of the Virginia wine country. Crosby is member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. The Riesling Retribution continues the saga of Lucie Montgomery, a wine and history aficionado, who owns and operates a vineyard, a wine-making operation, and a catering business on a historical site near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. A tornado not only destroys some of Montgomery's newest grapevines, but also unearths a grave in abandoned field on her property. Crosby weaves this plotline cleverly with tribulations of employee clashes, romantic feelings, ghost stories, and a family's checkered past to create a charming and fast-paced mystery. (karenharris)… (more)

Donna Andrews; Ellen Byerrum; Reed Coleman; Ellen Crosby; Con Lehane; G.M. Malliet; David Montgomery; Jan Neuharth; Daniel Stahower

A coffee get-together and a series of panel discussions at the book store get things started. The day's centerpiece is "A Moveable Feast" in which authors will visit select restaurants in town to meet readers one-on-one and discuss their work, while those attending enjoy lunch, all beginning at 12:15pm. At 2pm, many of the town's shops will play host to author readings. 540-687-6677. (SqueakyChu)… (more)