Root Cause
Corvina Guerra is a flying winemaker who dreams of one day settling down in her native Italy on her family's vineyard. On a visit to a vineyard in Italy, Corvina makes a startling discovery: Phylloxera, a menacing plant louse that devastated vineyards in Europe more than a hundred years ago, has infested the vines.
The deeper Corvina and Brian search, the more they become convinced that Universal Wines holds the answer to everything, and the harder they pursue their investigation the more surprises pile up for both of them.
In spite of devastating consequences, Corvina and Brian vow to continue their investigation and do what they can to contain the spread of the infestation - but time is running short and they always seem to be a step behind. Unless they can find a way to stop the Philomena - vineyards around the world will be ruined for decades; potentially causing the collapse of the wine industry. Can Corvina and Brian get to the root cause and save the international wine industry from ruin?
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Book details
- Author
- Steven Laine
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Fiction › Mystery & Detective › International Crime & Mystery
Fiction › Mystery & Detective
Fiction › Mystery & Detective › Cozy - Topics
- cozy mystery · wine industry · vineyard setting · Italy · international crime · phylloxera · whodunnit · romance
- ISBN-13
- 9781684422593 (Paperback)9781684422609 (Hardcover)
About the author
STEVEN LAINE is the only North American invited to join the Champagne Academy in France and the author of three wine thrillers: Jupiter’s Blood, Dragon Vine, and Root Cause.
Laine holds an MBA in hospitality from the University of Guelph and studied hotel management at Cornell University. He is a French, Italian, Spanish, and Canadian Wine Scholar, and a member of International Thriller Writers. Kirkus Reviews called his debut novel Root Cause "an entertaining, wine-soaked mystery."
When he’s not writing, Laine draws on a career in luxury hospitality, having worked for international brands including The Ritz, Hilton, Starwood, Marriott, and Jumeirah, and served as a Beverage Manager at a five-star hotel in London. That deep industry knowledge underpins the wine world at the heart of his fiction.