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SCANDAL, SECRETS, AND BETRAYAL AMID THE LUSH VINEYARDS OF ITALY.
A mystery to savor, Vineyard of Lies is a journey of friendship, redemption, and the places we call home.
WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT TRUE WAS A LIE?
A ruined career. An escape to the vineyards of Italy. A death that changes everything.
Journalist Gina Pagliaro never expected to lose her place in the tight-knit Idaho wine community. But after her expose of a powerful vintner backfires, Gina finds herself shunned. An invitation to tour Italy’s island vineyards comes just in time. Gina jumps at the chance to escape the gossip—and maybe herself.
Amid the pink pastels of Positano and the lush island vineyards of Ischia, Gina’s beginning to embrace the sweet life when a fellow traveler plunges to their death at an ancient ruin. She immediately suspects foul play. What happened? She has to know.
Digging into the mystery might salvage her journalistic credibility, but at what risk? Her quest for the truth puts Gina at odds with the local police inspector, her closest friend, and threatens her budding romance with an Italian winemaker. In the course of her pursuit, Gina’s forced to confront uncomfortable truths about her own past. She must make a choice: Protect the fragile new bonds she’s forming, or risk everything to solve the mystery.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Italy’s southern coast, Vineyard of Lies is a twisty wine-soaked mystery brimming with intrigue and betrayal, taking readers on a journey of friendship, redemption, and the unexpected places we call home.
About Deborah Dakins
Journalist Turned Fiction Author
Deborah R. Dakins is a former journalist who spent her career writing about health and medicine. Raised in California, she spent 18 years in Boise, Idaho, where she enjoyed supporting the burgeoning wine industry. Now she lives among the trees, trails, and wineries of Southern Oregon with her husband and dog. When she’s not writing, she spends her time making art, traveling, and pairing local wines with food. Vineyard of Lies is her first novel.