Blood vines

By Erica Spindler

Subjects: Brothers, Large type books, Single women, fiction, Crimes against, California, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Single women, Fiction, thrillers, general, Vintners, Identity (Psychology), Human sacrifice

Description: "Alexandra Clarkson is having terrifying dreams filled with blood and ceremonial images. Her mother, Patsy, commits suicide after speaking with Detective Daniel Reed. Years earlier, Patsy was married to Harlan Sommer, a prominent vintner, when their infant son disappeared. The loss destroyed their marriage, causing Patsy to leave and take Alex with her. Reed is investigating the identity of a baby's remains unearthed in a Sonoma vineyard and Reed and Alex both wonder if the cold bones could be her brother Dylan. Alex decides to go to Sonoma and is soon drawn into the search for a twisted killer..." --Cover, p. 4.