MURDER & MACCHIATO

Lights. Camera. Assassination.



Isabella "Bella" Rossi is looking forward to a quiet, boring harvest season. Instead, she returns to her Tuscan vineyard to find it completely overrun by a massive Hollywood film crew shooting a blockbuster romantic epic.



The chaos peaks when Valentina Vane, a notoriously difficult A-list diva, demands that Nonna Rosa's sacred, seasoned kitchen be gutted to make a dressing room. War is instantly declared. But the screaming match in the courtyard is cut short when Valentina takes a sip of her highly specific oat-milk macchiato, collapses, and dies right on set.



The cause of death? A lethal dose of oleander-a highly toxic plant that grows abundantly in Bella's front garden.



Captain Rossi of the Florence police arrives, takes one look at the public death threats Nonna Rosa made with her rolling pin, and immediately arrests the fiercely stubborn grandmother for murder. Worse, he officially suspends Maresciallo Matteo De Luca from the force due to his romantic conflict of interest.



Now, with Matteo stripped of his badge and her grandmother sitting in a holding cell, Bella must navigate a terrifying locked-set mystery. Surrounded by bitter co-stars, an embezzling director, and overworked assistants, Bella realizes everyone in Hollywood makes a living by pretending to be someone else.



Can Bella and Matteo sift through a script full of lies to catch a killer before the final cut?



"Murder & Macchiato" is the thrilling fifth book in The Tuscan Vineyard Mysteries. Packed with suspense, behind-the-scenes Hollywood drama, laugh-out-loud humor, and a dash of romance, this cozy mystery is a blockbuster hit.