THE MILLION-SELLING AUTHOR OF THE BLACKHOUSE AND COFFIN ROAD HANDS FORENSIC SLEUTH ENZO MACLEOD A NEW COLD CASE.


GAILLAC, SOUTH-WEST FRANCE.

An unsolved case.

Gil Petty, America's most celebrated wine critic, is found strung up in a vineyard, dressed in the ceremonial robes of the Order of the Divine Bottle and pickled in wine.

An un-cracked code.

For forensic expert Enzo Macleod, the key to this unsolved murder lies in decoding Petty's mysterious reviews - which could make or break a vineyard's reputation.

An uncorked criminal.

Enzo finds that beneath the tranquil façade of French viticulture lurks a back-stabbing community riddled with rivalry - and someone who is ready to stop him even if they have to kill again.

"A rip-roaring thriller . . . thoroughly enjoyable" - Mail on Sunday

"Western France - now May's own stamping ground - is as much a character in the book as the Hebrides were in his formidable Isle of Lewis sequence" - Guardian

"Peter May is a writer I'd follow to the ends of the earth" - New York Times

"One of the best regarded crime series of recent years" - Independent

"May's novels are strong on place and the wounds left by old relationships" - Sunday Times

"Will have the reader relishing every tendency of description and characterization" - Independent

"Dark, exciting and atmospheric" - Scotland on Sunday

"Powerful and authentic" - Glasgow Sunday Herald

"Fast, exciting ... an entertaining read that will also give food for thought" - Irish Times

"A tense and atmospheric thriller with a heart-stopping ending" - Tangled Web

"Truly the best of May's series so far, this is not to be missed" - The Good Book Guide