Are two deaths eighty years apart and a plan to keep beautiful country roads unpaved related—and are they motives for murder?
Coming August 5, 2025
About Deeds Left Undone
A Wine Country Mystery
It’s harvest time and trouble is fermenting for Virgina winemaker Lucie Montgomery in this warm-hearted, twisty mystery featuring small-town rivalries, buried secrets and full-bodied murder.
When a vineyard accident during harvest season leaves Lucie Montgomery without a valuable employee, it’s her worst nightmare. But before she can search for a replacement, there’s more bad news: Paul Merchant, her winery manager’s husband, is found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool.
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About Ellen
For many years I worked as a freelance journalist in the US and while living overseas in London, Moscow, and Geneva, Switzerland before turning to writing fiction full time. My last job as a stringer was as a regional feature writer for The Washington Post, covering many of the places where my wine country mysteries are set.
Praise for Ellen's Books
“Crosby has constructed a neat whodunit, supported by enough wine-making lore to give it some extra body.”
―The New York Times on
The Merlot Murders
“If wine be the nectar of the gods, Ellen Crosby’s series of wine-flavored mysteries is a heady quaff for us mere mortals… The Bordeaux Betrayal is a long swallow of pure delight.”
―Easton (MD) Star-Democrat on
The Bordeaux Betrayal
"The only difficulty that readers will have ... is taking time from the brisk plot to open a bottle of wine. The book works well as an amateur sleuth novel but also explores the value of friendship, independence and wine lore. . . . A fine vintage."
—The Miami Herald on
The Sauvignon Secret
“Crosby continues to display her superior narrative skills, her deft advancement of her recurring characters’ lives, and her knowledge and love for the region of which she writes. Thought-provoking as well as entertaining, it marks another exceptional effort for Crosby.”
—The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) on Harvest of Secrets
[O]ne of the most successful mystery series on the market today."
— Washington Independent Review of Books on
The Angels’ Share
“Crosby’s prose and characterizations are top-notch.”
—Publishers Weekly on
Dodge and Burn
Photojournalist Sophie Medina is not a killer, but an art thief is determined to make sure she goes down for a crime she did not commit.
"Crosby's prose and characterizations are top-notch."
—Publishers Weekly
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Praise for the Sophie Medina Series
"Crosby introduces photojournalist Sophie Medina in this assured tale of love, loss, and secret agendas, the first in a new series, [which]...offers a complex portrait of our nation's capital, with its historic beauty and roiling underbelly of deceit and danger."
—Publishers Weekly on Multiple Exposure.
Sophie is a tough, relatable heroine, and with her unconventional job-not to mention her ex-spy husband-this makes for a breezy read with just the right amount of thrills."
—Library Journal on Ghost Image
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