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Spilt Wine

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Reads 9,496
Votes 1,506
Parts 63
Time 6h 37m

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The disappearance of a friend and millions of Francs worth of wine interrupts David's buying trip in France when he pauses to assist and comfort his friend's wife, Catherine. Their lives are threatened, the intensifying circumstances draw them closer together, and they uncover their buried traumas, insecurities and longings. 

This is a tale of mounting tensions, realisations and passions woven through a gripping crime thriller set on the Burgundy canals and in the French wine business of the 1980s.
        
Although this is a work of fiction, most of the locations, adventures and characters are real or based on reality. The reminiscences, stories and timeline follow events from my own experiences, though sometimes they're slightly juggled to fit the crafting of this novel. Fortunately, the crimes and the criminals are fictional, and any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.All Rights Reserved

abuse alexithymia asexual autism autobiographical burgundy crime eidetic featured france fraud friendstolovers historicalfiction intrigue lgbt murder romance slowburn strongfemalecharacter suspense trauma wine winery

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Obsession

Five years after the untimely murder of his mother, seventeen-year-old Gabriel Hastings lives in a town called Shaw with his father. They have recovered and lead lives as casual and as humble as they can. Gabriel lives the life that many teenagers wish for. He's got it all - the popularity, a promising future, friends, and the adoration of an entire town. But there's always a price to pay. SECRET: A letter from a secret admirer flips the casual rhythm of Gabriel's life on its head, and when he decides to secretly pursue his five-year crush, the letters and messages begin to take on an ominous intonation threatening to burn the foundations of his successes. SUSPECT: Gabriel learns that his secret admirer is a greater threat than expected. His relationship outed to the semi-religious town of Shaw, Gabriel becomes the suspect in the murder of a schoolmate. When another is kidnapped and heavily battered, Gabriel and his friends become leading suspects while trying to find out the truth. When a friend goes missing, Gabriel and his friends must finish what their missing friend started and hopefully find him before it is too late. SERPENT: Gabriel finally pieces the puzzle together. The attacks, the letters, the messages, and the evidence - they all portray a side that is never shown and always hidden. It portrays the tactics of a mastermind in the making - a sociopathic psychopath, and all evidence points to one person Gabriel would never think to suspect. A wolf in sheep's clothing, a silver-tongued serpent. Gabriel must now confront this masterminded criminal before anyone else around him gets hurt.