Release Date: August 22, 2025
About The Book:
Sal DeVine, temporarily suspended lawyer and town Keeper of Secrets,
finds herself covering a City Council meeting for the local paper, the Sim-
pato Quack. Known to the locals as Sin-Pato, or Without a Duck, Simpato is
famous for its wine, gourmet food, cannabis-cookie-selling nuns, and awful
duck puns.
Is there room for food-trucks downtown? The locals working in the tourist
hotels and vineyards want places where they can afford to eat, amidst the
high-end restaurants and boutiques. The shop owners and winemakers don’t agree. The City Council compromises with a two month trial for three of the five local trucks—a fair solution until one food-truck owner turns up dead.
Is the chic atmosphere worth killing for? Who will be the next dead duck?Sal DeVine needs to know.
About The Author:
Claudia H. Long is the author of 8 novels, including the Simpato
Mystery Series and the Zara and Lilly series, one of which has been
optioned for a major feature film. When she’s not writing stories,
she’s a lawyer in Northern California, where she lives amid wineries
and geysers, with her husband and too many animals. She’s a
passionate weaver and spinner, a dedicated cook, and the doting
grandmother of three perfect grandsons. She relies heavily on coffee.
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