Red Wine

by Pamela Thompson

The long-awaited romantic thriller, Red Wine, written by Pamela Johnson, sends the reader on a riveting ride beginning in the posh wine country of the Napa Valley, to the wealthy prestige of the aristocracy of the English countryside. Red Wine is a novel that focuses on a law professor, Samantha Reed, who is forced to relive a murderous past and lands in the arms of a ruggedly handsome detective. Throughout the novel, Sam's relatives and childhood friends reveal their involvement and knowledge of a small town secret. .... "Her eyes flew open as sheets of lightening streaked across the night sky and lit up her bedroom like a spotlight. Thunder rolled overhead and the tree branches scraped the sides of the house like nails running down a chalkboard.".... Ultimately, the unveiling of deceit and deception take the reader from the prosperous vineyards of Northern California, to the lush English countryside in Europe. The discovery of small town politics gone awry, leads to the discovery of a covert family secret revealed.

180 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Pamela Thompson received her B.A. from Yale College and her M.F.A. in writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has also studied writing at the Writers Voice in New York City and the Bread Loaf writing workshop.

For the last decade, she has been the editorial director at Interlink Books/Olive Branch Press in Northampton. She lives with her husband and two children in Worthington, Massachusetts. An early version of her novel, Every Past Thing, was a finalist in the William Faulkner Novel-in-Progress competition. "