Elegant Windsor Resort in the Pacific Northwest is up for sale. And Seattle lawyer Annie MacPherson holds power of attorney for the ailing owner. But her suspicions are sharpened when she sees who wants to buy. And when a kidnapping and murder rock the island, Annie discovers that the creepy guests have more to hide than their wallets.

"Annie's an efficient, agreeable, no-nonsense sort—and so is this mystery." THE KIRKUS REVIEWS Lawyer-sleuth Annie MacPherson is new on the job at a high-power Seattle law firm, when the top partner's secretary and not-so-secret lover, Nancy, kills herself. But the dead woman's sister doesn't believe it, and asks Annie to investigate. Suddenly Annie herself becomes a target, just as a shocking glimpse into her family's past blows her life wide open. And Annie is caught in a destrucive web of loves, lies, and murder that only her sharp insights and fierce intelligence can unravel.

Seattle attorney Annie MacPherson is stunned to receive a desperate phone message from her old high school friend, Taylor North. They haven't spoken in seventeen years, ever since a bitter fight involving Taylor's violent boyfriend—and eventual husband—Steven Vick. So, with trepidation and a touch of dread, Annie rushes to the Yakima Valley, where Taylor owns a winery. In the six months since Taylor threw Steven off the land and out of her life, threatening events have begun to plague the North Faire Winery. Bottles and corks vanish, spray paint spoils the ripe grapes, salt is sifted into the wine. But the worst is yet to come when a bludgeoned body is found—and Taylor is the prime suspect....