The Bitter Taste of Murder

<b>The follow-up to <i>Murder in Chianti</i> finds ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle recruited by Italian authorities to investigate the murder of a prominent wine critic.</b> <br><b><br></b>One year after moving to his late wife&#146;s Tuscan hometown of Gravigna ex-NYPD detective Nico Doyle has fully settled into Italian country life helping to serve and test recipes at his in-laws&#146; restaurant.<br> &#160;<br> But the town is shaken by the arrival of wine critic Michele Mantelli in his flashy Jaguar. Mantelli holds his influential culinary magazine and blog over Gravigna&#146;s vintners and restaurateurs. Some of Gravigna's residents are impressed by his reputation while others are enraged&#151;especially Nico's landlord whose vineyards Mantelli seems intent of ruining.<br> &#160;<br> Needless to say Mantelli&#146;s lavish larger-than-life and often vindictive personality has made him many enemies and when he is poisoned the local maresciallo Perillo has a headache of a high-profile murder on his hands&#151;and once again turns to Nico for help.