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Tuttle, George

 
9781410740236: Death in the Vineyard

Synopsis

A body is found in the vineyards of the Hayes Estate Winery in Napa Valley of California. Aaron Worthington, a senior editor with the Sydney Morning Herald, and Jeff Spencer, an American free lance writer are soon caught up with helping Sheriff Scoggins determine who committed the murder and why. Having discovered the body, Aaron and Jeff are drawn into helping solve another murder mystery. Half way around the world in the Australian Barossa Valley wine country, something is ruining the harvest and threatening death to the vines. Can the threat to the vines reach around the world to the Napa Valley? The plot continues to thicken as the dangers of genetic plant research being used as a tool by unscrupulous scientists appears as a possibility. Is this a case of corporate sabotage, international terrorism, personal economic gain? Can Aaron and Jeff save the vines? How is the relationship between Aaron and Jeff evolving?

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Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Kansas, Dr. George Everett Tuttle grew up in central Illinois, graduated from Illinois State Normal University and completed his Ph.D. in Speech Communication at the University of Illinois. He is Professor Emeritus of Communication at Illinois State University. After 40 years of teaching in secondary schools and in higher education he has turned his textbook writing and scholarly journal writing to fiction and family history writing. In this second book, Death In the Vineyard, he takes advantage of extensiveI travel in Australia and in the Napa Valley of California, the twin plot locations in the mystery. Mystery writing has now become an addition to a list of long time activities. Along with his wife, Joann, George Tuttle enjoys travel, ballroom dancing, photography, reading, family genealogy research, fine wine, good food and interesting conversation wherever it may be found. Having once taught American History, Government, and Persuasion, D Tuttle continues his long interest in politics.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A body is found in the vineyards of the Hayes Estate Winery in Napa Valley of California. Aaron Worthington, a senior editor with the Sydney Morning Herald, and Jeff Spencer, an American free lance writer are soon caught up with helping Sheriff Scoggins determine who committed the murder and why. Having discovered the body, Aaron and Jeff are drawn into helping solve another murder mystery. Half way around the world in the Australian Barossa Valley wine country, something is ruining the harvest and threatening death to the vines. Can the threat to the vines reach around the world to the Napa Valley? The plot continues to thicken as the dangers of genetic plant research being used as a tool by unscrupulous scientists appears as a possibility. Is this a case of corporate sabotage, international terrorism, personal economic gain? Can Aaron and Jeff save the vines? How is the relationship between Aaron and Jeff evolving?

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