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In a cozy mystery filled with natural cures and edible plants that you will love, an organic winery becomes the backdrop for murder! Fortunately, solving crimes comes naturally to charmingly unconventional amateur sleuth and holistic doctor, Willow McQuade, as she looks for clues that will reveal a killers true vintage.. Business is blooming at Natures Way Market & Café, and shop owner, holistic doctor, and amateur sleuth, Willow McQuade has never been happier. Her new medicinal herb garden is a hit, so is her new book, shes in love with ex-cop and animal rescuer Jackson Spade, and enjoying teaching seminars about edible plants and natural remedies. But everything changes when Willows old boyfriend and TV producer, Simon Lewis, winemaker David Farmer, and his wife Ivy, ask her to cater a party at Pure, their new organic vineyard, to kick off North Forks Uncorked! week and the competition for Wine Lovers magazines $200,000 prize. Pures entry, Falling Leaves, is the favorite to win, and the wine flows freely until after Simons toast when smiles give way to looks of horror. Ivys twin sister, Amy has been murdered! Turns out, the poison that killed her was actually meant for David. But who wants him dead? A rival vintner? Or someone closer to home? This time the truth may be a bitter vintage to swallow.
About the Author
I love natural remedies and I've been using them for as long as I can remember. When I was growing up, my mother practiced natural cures such as tea bag baths for sunburn, homeopathic remedies for colds and allergies, arnica oil for sprains and bruises and, of course, chicken soup with garlic was always a staple.
My interest in natural remedies continued as I graduated from Boston University with a degree in communications and subsequently dabbled in various vocations including advertising and television production in Hollywood.
I even worked as an assistant to Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the creator of Designing Women and Evening Shade, and Dean Hargrove, the creator of Diagnosis Murder and Matlock. In 1998, wanting to live a more balanced life -- in LA, it's work, work, work, I moved back to my hometown, Greenport, NY and set up my own writing business. I'd always wanted to be my own boss and write full-time.
My specialty is writing about natural remedies, alternative medicine and holistic health and healing. As a freelance journalist, I've written about natural cures for USA Today's Green Living, Natural Health, Remedy, Better Homes & Gardens, Prevention, Vegetarian Times, and Sprituality & Health. You can see my work here: https://chrystlefiedler.contently.com.
In 2009 I began writing non-fiction books that feature natural remedies. My latest book, The Compassionate Chick's Guide to DIY Vegan Beauty with VeganBeautyReview founder, Sunny Sumbrarian will be published by Robert Rose in September of this year.
Other books include The Home Reference to Holistic Health and Healing: Easy-to-Use Natural Remedies, Herbs, Flower Essences, Essential Oils, Supplements, and Therapeutic Practices for Health, Happiness, and Well-Being (Fairwinds Press, 2015) and The Country Almanac of Home Remedies (Fairwinds Press, 2011) both with herbalist Brigitte Mars, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Remedies (Alpha, 2009) , Beat Sugar Addiction Now! (Fairwinds Press, 2010 4th printing) , and the Beat Sugar Addiction Now! Cookbook (Fairwinds Press, 2012) both with noted holistic physician Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D.
So it was only "natural" that when it came to fiction, I'd focus on natural remedies too. In 2011, my life-long dream to write cozy mysteries came true when Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster bought my natural remedies series. The first book in the series, DEATH DROPS: A Natural Remedies Mystery was released in 2012, SCENT to KILL was released in 2013 and the GARDEN of DEATH in 2015. Now, I'm happy to announce that the fourth book in the series DANDELION DEAD will be out September 27, 2016!
My natural remedies series features holistic doctor, Willow McQuade, who inherited Nature's Way Market & Cafe from her late Aunt Claire, her mentor and surrogate mother. Nature's Way is located 2 hours East of New York City, in the
