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Book Four of the Thomas York Series brings Rachel and Thomas back to America from France, responding to the mystery of her Uncle Zach's murder in Napa Valley. Zach's family vineyard becomes a crime scene in the height of the harvest season, as criminals from his teenage past arrive in search of a hidden treasure cache. Dispute erupt at the vineyard, initiated by a hostile relative and complicated by a disruptive neighbour, both with motives against Zach and his estate. Thomas's one time nemesis learns of his identity and location, and creates a plot to have him captured. In the background, Daniel Boisvert, who has both haunted and befriended Thomas and Rachel throughout the series, puts his life on the line, bonded by their relationship.
About the author
Canadian author Shirley Burton has released her thirteenth novel, with extensive research and a versatile style applied in her thriller and suspense novels, her whodunit mystery books, feel-good Christmas stories, and her charming fantasy novel with an inspiring message of courage, and her acclaimed ten-generation historical fiction.
Born in Barrie, Ontario, Shirley Burton has traveled to locations of the towns and cities of her books, walking the neighborhoods and streets of her characters. Research took her to parts of France and Quebec for her 600-page historical fiction, Homage: Chronicles of a Habitant, portraying ten generations that migrated from France to the New World. For research for novels, she has traveled to locations in Istanbul, Paris, Rome, Greece, London, Amsterdam, Brazil, California, New York, and parts of Canada and the USA.
