Ellen Crosby

Ellen Crosby is a freelance reporter for The Washington Post and former foreign correspondent for ABC News Radio. She has spent many years overseas in Europe and the former Soviet Union but now lives in Virginia with her husband and three sons. Her articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and The Christian Science Monitor.

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

New and upcoming books

August 2025

Deeds Left Undone
(Wine Country Mystery, book 13)

Series

Wine Country Mystery
   1. The Merlot Murders (2006)
   2. The Chardonnay Charade (2007)
   3. The Bordeaux Betrayal (2008)
   4. The Riesling Retribution (2009)
   5. The Viognier Vendetta (2010)
   6. The Sauvignon Secret (2011)
   7. The Champagne Conspiracy (2016)
   8. The Vineyard Victims (2017)
   9. Harvest of Secrets (2018)
   10. The Angels' Share (2019)
   11. The French Paradox (2021)
   12. Bitter Roots (2022)
   13. Deeds Left Undone (2025)

Sophie Medina
   1. Multiple Exposure (2013)
   2. Ghost Image (2015)
   3. Blow Up (2023)
   4. Dodge and Burn (2024)

Novels

Moscow Nights (2000)

Award nominations

2018 Mary Higgins Clark Award (nominee) : The Vineyard Victims

Ellen Crosby recommends

The Gardener of Eden (2019)
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Murder at the Mill (2017)
(Iris Grey, book 1)
M B Shaw
"Be sure to start reading M.B. Shaw’s evocatively written mystery early in the day, or else you’ll be up late into the night?it’s that unputdownable."

Midnight At the Bright Ideas Bookstore (2017)
Matthew Sullivan
"There is a clever, erudite puzzle plot in this bookish mystery, along with whip-smart writing. Matthew Sullivan’s debut is stylish and entertaining."

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