Country Kettle Catering

Country Kettle Catering

Country Kettle Catering

The Wine Country Mysteries are a series of mysteries following Lucie Montgomery, a wine and history aficionado, who owns and operates a vineyard, wine-making operation, and a catering business on a historical site near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

In addition to managing her business (which has financial difficulties, a demanding schedule, and challenging staff), Lucie also has to deal with a stressful family life, a strained relationship with her ex-boyfriend, and the murders that seem to keep happening around her. Luckily, she has the intelligence, innovation, and determination (not to mention a reporter friend with inside information and a friend from high school on the police force) to solve those murders.

Ellen Crosby, a freelance journalist who has worked for The Washington Post and ABC News, began this series in 2006 and has published three books in the series since then. Her background can be seen in her ability to offer detailed facts and interesting tidbits about the history and wine-making of the region behind the scenes of the stories.