Harvest of Secrets by Ellen Crosby is the ninth book in the Wine Country Mystery series, where a search for the killer of an aristocratic French winemaker who was Lucie Montgomery’s first crush and the discovery of dark family secrets put Lucie on a collision course with a murderer—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! It’s harvest season at Montgomery Estate…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week is a monster pub week! We've got the first in a new series from Arnaldur Indridason, a new Jack Reacher…
Read this exclusive Q&A with Ellen Crosby, author of the Wine Country Mystery series, then make sure you're signed in and comment below for a chance to win a copy of The Vineyard Victims! Ellen Crosby is back with another Wine Country Mystery! Beginning with The Merlot Murders, Lucie Montgomery returns for her eighth mystery in…
Running for president is super stressful—but so is trying to prove a secret murder made to look like a suicide! So take a break from all the politics with this week's Pick Your Poison—where we create a cocktail inspired by a recently published mystery, thriller, or crime novel—the “Campaign Cocktail,” inspired by Ellen Crosby's eighth…
The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby is the eighth book in the Wine Country Mysteries series, where the death of a former presidential candidate in a fiery car crash at her Virginia vineyard has ties to a 30-year-old murder, as well as to Lucie Montgomery’s own near-fatal accident ten years ago, as she searches for…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we offered up tricks and treats with great October cozies; this month, give thanks for all these amazing November reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, take a visual tour of Ellen Crosby's eighth Wine Country Mystery, The Vineyard Victims!
The Champagne Conspiracy by Ellen Crosby is the 7th book in the Wine Country Mysteries series. From the first stunning description of a breath-taking, vintage flapper dress, I was hooked. This is the seventh book in the Wine Country Mysteries series. The author, Ellen Crosby, has a fascinating background, having been a reporter for The…
Discover (or remember to order) your next cozy with a delightfully convenient shopping list of upcoming soft-boiled mysteries! Last month, we got a few tricks and treats with October's releases; this month, give thanks with some amazing November reads! Let us know in the comments how you like it and what you can't wait to…
GIFnotes: Giving you the basic plot summary of an upcoming book with the help of the Graphics Interchange Format. This week, the Montgomery Estate Vineyard has decided to make champagne—but with death, mystery, and blackmail at hand, there's not a whole lot to celebrate in Ellen Crosby's 7th Wine Country Mystery, The Champagne Conspiracy!
