This series has become one of my favorite series. It takes me on average 3 days to read each book in the series. I can’t put them down. This book was the exception. It took me six days to read it. It wasn’t because it was a bad book, quite the opposite. I just didn’t have the time.
We start off a couple months ahead of where we left off in A Vintage Murder, with Nikki moving in with Derek. Enter Simon, who lets Nikki know that Guru Sansibaba is going to be having a seminar at the Maleveaux Winery Hotel and that Nikki is to help he and Marco with all the details and planning, and that’s per Derek. Nikki is shocked and this and when Derek comes home, she confronts him about it. He lets Nikki know that the hotel isn’t going to good and that the seminar could be good for business. She agrees to do it for the sake of the hotel. He then lets her know that he’s going to be in New York during nearly the entire seminar because of a problem with a client.
Fast forward to the clients arriving, Sansibaba arrives with his family. His real name is Alan. He’s married to Lulu and has three kids Hayden, Sierra, and Eli. After they arrive, the Pearlmans arrive (Ruben and Rose), the Yamimotos arrive (Iwao and Mizuki), and about 30 more people arrive. After everyone arrives, they embark on a winery train ride. What should happen? Sierra Sansi finds a dead body. The dead body of Mr. Iwao Yamimoto. His throat was slit and he had a cork in his mouth.
The case goes to Detective Jonah Robinson, who in a turnabout face, ask Nikki for help. He tells her to open her eyes and ears and repeat what she finds out. She lets him know what she’s already seen and sets out to solve the case.
During the investigation, she finds out that Simon wants a baby, one of the seminar attendees is actually a ex-marine who’s killed before and has a dark, twisted mind, and finds the body of Mizuki, who was not Iwao’s wife but mistress. Mizuki was stabbed with a corkscrew and had a cork in her mouth.
In between making sure the seminar goes smoothly and trying to solve the murder, Nikki decides to try and play matchmaker to Detective Robinson and Alyssa. So she decides to throw a dinner party for the Sansi family, Marco, Simon, Jonah, and Alyssa. The party goes off without any problems and Alyssa and Jonah hit it off. It seems like there might be love in the air.
While digging more into the case, Nikki is nearly killed when the murderer pulls her off a ladder, then pushes the ladder on top of her. The murderer was getting ready to seriously injure her, when Simon and Marco walk in and she screams for dear lie. The murderer runs away and Simon and Marco get Nikki to the hospital. At the hospital, she gets some sad news. I’m not going to tell you what the sad news is, I don’t want to ruin it for you.
In the end, as usual, the killer was a shocker and so was the motive. I mean I didn’t even have a reason to suspect the person as the killer. The motive was as nutty as the killer. As usual in order to catch the killer, Nikki was put into danger. Luckily Ollie came to the rescue. After the murderer was revealed, the Sansi family went home. Alan promised to be in touch so they could plan out the future plans of Sansibaba and Maleveaux merchandising.
Derek came home to nurse Nikki. He bought her back some gifts as well. She informed him of what the doctor told her. What Derek didn’t realize surprise me. I was ecstatic. I can’t wait to read the sixth book in the series A Toast To Murder. I’m excited to see what’s going to happen with Nikki and Derek. They are so meant to be together.
2 Kudos Ms. Scott. 2 Kudos!
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