A body in a wine barrel and Nana flinging curses? Great.
Things are finally looking up for Tempest Joy—her Aunt Violet is (almost) laid to rest, just as soon as Nana Trix stops dancing around the coffin with a boombox on her shoulder.
But just as the wake gets into full swing and Magical Inspector Jack Kalahari shows up ready to sweep her off her feet, an unexpected flavor in the wine brings the party to a screeching halt.
Florian Vintmarch turns up dead inside a wine barrel in her cellar—and Temmie realizes the killer will stop at nothing to get their hands on the secret to Vintmarch wine-making.
Between Nana flinging "helpful" curses to teach her magic, strange monsters chasing her across the vineyards, and a prime suspect crashing her first real date in months, Temmie has more than enough on her plate.
Worse still is her growing suspicion that Jack is hiding something—and it isn't just his leads on the case.
Can Temmie untangle a murder steeped in secrets and uncover the truth Jack's keeping from her, before it's too late?
