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Ripe For Murder: A Cypress Cove Mystery Series
Ripe for Murder is the second book in the A Cypress Cove Mystery series. A great follow-up to One Foot In The Grape.

Penny, Connor, her winery manager, her neighbor Antonia and Chantal her daughter are off to Napa Valley to look into possibly investing in railroad that will bring wine country tourist to their wineries. At first winery they stop at, Chantal gets into a heated argument with another possible investor, Tara. Shortly after taking off for the next winery on the tour, someone pulls the emergency cord and Penny and Connor go to try and learn what happened, when they realize that Chantal is missing. As they try to enter the caboose, they find the entrance blocked. When they do get in they find Chantal unconscious on the floor, with a cut to the head. When Penny looks …show more content…
Ripe for Murder is the second book in the A Cypress Cove Mystery series. A great follow-up to One Foot In The Grape.

Penny, Connor, her winery manager, her neighbor Antonia and Chantal her daughter are off to Napa Valley to look into possibly investing in railroad that will bring wine country tourist to their wineries. At first winery they stop at, Chantal gets into a heated argument with another possible investor, Tara. Shortly after taking off for the next winery on the tour, someone pulls the emergency cord and Penny and Connor go to try and learn what happened, when they realize that Chantal is missing. As they try to enter the caboose, they find the entrance blocked. When they do get in they find Chantal unconscious on the floor, with a cut to the head. When Penny looks down the track, she can see what appears to be Tara's lifeless body. Based on the fight they had earlier, Chantal becomes the prime suspect. Penny knows that Chantal has been a thorn in her side, but doesn't feel that she is a murderer and proceeds to look to see who might have wanted Tara to go to the great winery in the
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