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Philippe Giroux, estimable patriarch of the Château Giroux wine empire, has tragically lost a son. Or has he? Once confirmed by the court, Alain Giroux’s death will pave the way for his brother Phil to inherit America’s most storied winery. Or will it? Andy Clarkson, Alain’s boyhood chum, covets the Château Giroux vineyard acreage for his neighboring golf resort. Or does he? Claudia Giroux, Philippe’s hauntingly beautiful daughter, has proof that Alain’s death may not have been all that it seems. Or does she?As the scions of a privileged California wine dynasty grapple for control of their family’s legacy, attorney Jack MacTaggart is caught in a cross fire of estrangement, betrayal, and murder. To complicate matters, Jack is being shadowed by film star Ethan Scott, who hopes to spin the dross of a family’s private travails into box-office gold.
About the Author
Chuck Greaves, author of the Jack MacTaggart series of legal mysteries (HUSH MONEY, GREEN-EYED LADY and THE LAST HEIR, all from Minotaur) , spent 25 years as an L.A. trial lawyer before turning his talents to fiction. He has been a finalist for most of the major awards in crime fiction, including the Shamus, Macavity, Lefty, and Audie, as well as the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction.
Chuck also writes literary fiction as C. Joseph Greaves. HARD TWISTED (Bloomsbury) , his Depression-era saga of kidnapping and murder in the American Southwest, was called "a gritty, gripping read, and one that begs to be put on film" (Los Angeles Times) and a "taut and ingriguing thriller" (London Sunday Times) , and was a finalist for the Oklahoma Book Award in Fiction. TOM & LUCKY (Bloomsbury) , a novelization of gangster Lucky Luciano's colorful and controversial 1936 vice trial, was a Wall Street Journal "Best Books of 2015" selection.
Chuck is also the book critic for the Four Corners Free Press newspaper in Colorado, where he lives and writes. To learn more, please visit him at www.chuckgreaves.com.
