{"product_id":"wine-and-whispers-paperback","title":"Wine and Whispers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe came to Sonoma to heal. The vineyard had other plans.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFood blogger Sophie Brooks arrives at Cartwright Vineyard with a new Substack, a bruised sense of trust, and no intention of getting involved in anyone else's problems. She is here for the wine, the harvest, and the quiet. She finds those things - and also a community being quietly dismantled from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVineyard patriarch James Cartwright is under siege. Developer Angela Mason is buying up Sonoma with a smile and a legal team, using blackmail, pressure, and carefully placed allies to push James off land his family has farmed for generations. When a furtive figure in the vineyard catches Sophie's eye on her first evening, her instincts - the ones she didn't know she had - refuse to let it go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen James is found dead at the foot of his vineyard steps, and what Sophie suspected becomes something far darker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith documentary filmmaker Nate and James's niece Claire beside her, Sophie must untangle a web of fraud, manipulation, and long-buried rivalry before Angela's next move erases what's left of the community worth saving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWine \u0026amp; Whispers is the first full novel in the Sophie Brooks Culinary Mystery series - clean cozy mystery with authentic wine country atmosphere, slow-burn romance, and an amateur sleuth who discovers her instincts are the most valuable thing she owns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of Agatha Raisin, Flavia de Luce, and cozy mysteries with a culinary heart.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68332586467551,"sku":"9781998386963","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rXIyKlgyHT9781998386963.webp?v=1793238671","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/wine-and-whispers-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}