Recent Agatha Award Finalist Nadine Nettmann shares 15 fun facts!
Take a moment to learn more about Nadine
and her latest title Uncorking a Lie, available now!
1. I’m addicted to Jeopardy and pub trivia.
2. It took five books, ten years, and 421 queries to get
published. My advice is to never give up.
3. I decided to pursue my sommelier certification after I
was pulled onto a wine panel at a food and wine festival.
4. I was in an excellent blind tasting group for a few years
where we met weekly and tested each other on wines. However, the characters in
my books are not based on the members of the tasting group.
5. In the photo of Decanting a Murder with the two glasses
of wine, my mom poured both bottles at the same time while I took the photo. We
did about four takes (and I mean, putting the wine back into the bottle and
starting over) and had a lot of laughs.
6. The corks in the photo of Uncorking a Lie are all special
corks I’ve saved over the years from anniversaries, special moments, or truly
amazing bottles. I keep them in a vase on the shelf by my desk.
7. I can do a few magic tricks and sometimes carry a deck of
cards in my purse.
8. I often eat dinner food for breakfast and breakfast food
for dinner.
9. I drink massive amounts of tea (milk, no sugar) daily in
an extra large mug I bought while I was in London.
10. I prefer baking to cooking and love making cakes and
pastries.
11. I was once in a book club where I made a themed cake for
each book. The photo is a carrot cake for the meeting where we discussed The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
12. My husband and I moved to Hawaii on a whim with only two
suitcases each … and ended up staying there for five years.
13. I learned how to drive stick shift on the road to Hana,
Maui.
14. My first passion is writing but my second is music and
I’ve played the guitar since I was sixteen.
15. My favorite movie is Psycho because I saw it without
knowing (spoiler alert!) that Norman Bates was his mother so I received the
full effect Hitchcock was trying to achieve. It stunned me and sparked a love
of twist endings.
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It was the kind of invitation sommelier Katie Stillwell had only dreamed about: a dinner party at the Sonoma mansion of famed wine collector Paul Rafferty to celebrate a rare bottle. Everyone enjoys drinking the $19,000 wine, but Katie realizes it’s not the vintage listed on the label.
When she confides in Mr. Rafferty, he asks her to investigate, and she soon discovers the deception goes beyond money—it includes an accidental death that might just be murder. As Katie falls deeper into the world of counterfeit wine, she learns everything is at stake . . . even her life.
Nadine Nettmann, a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, is always on the lookout for great wines and the stories behind them. She has visited wine regions around the world including Chile, South Africa, Spain, Germany and every region in France. Nadine is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Romance Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. She lives in California with her husband. You can visit Nadine at www.NadineNettmann.com.
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