Parker Valentine has just opened the doors to her Winery for the first time, when Gaskel Brown waltzing in. Gaskel is a famous restaurant critic and food blogger, so Parker is desperate to impress.

Sadly, Gaskel only tastes the chardonnay, seems not to be impressed, dumps the remainder of his glass in a vase with daisies and goes to the bathroom. Where Parker finds him some time later, dead.

In comes the detective du jour - an old classmate of Parker - who immediately starts questioning Parker. Apparently, he does not need to check with this colleague. Guess he’s already been fully informed over the phone or something. He shares with Parker the cause of death looks like poisoning. Parker is so shocked her chardonnay or the glass she handled could have been tampered with, that she forgets to mention that Gaskel dumped his drink in the vase.

Soon social media erupts with accusations of #killerchardonnay. Although there are some people that suggests it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy.

Meanwhile, Parker fears her fledgling business will be nipped in the bud. She decides to chat with a few of the people that were present. And she must have hit a nerve, too. No sooner has she finished her first round of chatting (I don’t think she right out accused anyone of killing Gaskel) then she finds out her hip harness has been sabotaged, almost causing her to fall to her death. (The quick reflexes of the detective du jour prevent that.)

An enjoyable read, though the killer was easy to guess. Parker misses some pretty obvious clues (also concerning her brother).