Death is a Cabernet

An old school mate sends Pinky a picture of a purple corpse and begs for his help to find the real murderer. The corpse? Paul Hellman, the world famous winemaker, who was murdered when he was stuffed, head first, into in stainless steel tank filled with cabernet sauvignon.


While Pinky ponders if he wants to help his college chum, Bear and Flo discover that Pinky had them steal a computer printout from an organized crime boss in Las Vegas. Concerned there could be a price on his head, Pinky heads to the California wine country to help his friend and to hide from the Vegas hit man.


In Death is a Cabernet, Pinky, Bear, Flo, and a new sidekick, have to deal with death threats—a dubious Public Defender—a ferret-faced innkeeper—a pair of knockout twins—a dominatrix—a blind grandpa—and many other memorable characters as the dynamic quartet work their way through floods, ground fog, phylloxera, gun shots, central valley plonk, and come very close to losing their lives to uncover the real killer of Paul Hellman.