The Cursed Vineyard

<p><em>Quinta da Maldição</em> has always had a reputation - for exquisite port whispering vines and the small matter of an old family curse. But when intrepid food and wine journalist Sybil Harcourt arrives in Portugal for a symposium she uncovers something far less palatable than folklore: corporate sabotage buried secrets and eventually... a body in a barrel.</p><p>With local loyalties fraying and the vineyard's future on the line Sybil must navigate a tangle of old grievances vintage lies and one particularly stubborn matriarch to get to the truth. Preferably without ruining her shoes. Or her career.</p><p>Witty warm and steeped in atmosphere <em>The Vineyard Vanishes</em> is a mystery for lovers of slow-sipped suspense sharp-tongued heroines and endings with just the right amount of tannin.</p>