Gatsby's Vineyard

A Fiddler & Fiora Novel #3

by A. E. Maxwell

Busted Flush Press

Mystery

November 2, 2009

Available in: Paperback, e-Book (reprint)

Gatsby's Vineyard
by A. E. Maxwell

Back in print, the third Fiddler & Fiora crime novel.

While visiting his old flame, a vineyard owner in Napa Valley, Fiddler and his gorgeous ex-wife, Fiora, investigate some mysterious disturbances in the vineyards, and the duo must catch the culprits.

The writing is lean and restrained, and Fiddler . . . gives Travis McGee a real run for his money." ---Los Angeles Times

"Maxwell manages a slam-bang climax . . . and the California wine business background is unusual and entertaining." ---Publishers Weekly



A. E. Maxwell's Bio

Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense. Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, CHANGE. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A DEAD GOD DANCING was nominated for what was then called TABA (The American Book Award). In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a nonfiction work that was condensed in Reader's Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, the first A. E. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday. THE FROG AND THE SCORPION, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, JUST ENOUGH LIGHT TO KILL, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988. Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is SHADOW AND SILK. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists. In 1982, Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994). Since July of 1992, she has had 30 novels on the New York Times list.