The Simpato Mystery Series

Small towns can be murder! Even with a glass of wine!

A suspended lawyer inherits the role of Keeper of Secrets along with her family’s home in the small wine-centric town of Simpato. When the local gossip columnist is found dead on a mountainside, everyone’s secrets are at stake. Sal races to figure out who the killer is, before she’s the next victim.

Beyond a Reasonable Duck: A Simpato Mystery (The Simpato Mystery Series Book 3)

Two festivals. One dead protester. And a whole lot of missing ducks. Sal DeVine is finally getting her life back on track. After a suspension engineered by her ex-husband, she's on the verge of returning to her law practice in the quirky wine-country town of Simpato. With the annual Pato...

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Truck a Duck: A Simpato Mystery (The Simpato Mystery Series Book 2)

In Simpato, California, the wine flows, the gossip spreads, and murder is back on the menu. Sal DeVine, temporarily suspended lawyer and unofficial Keeper of Secrets in the quirky wine-country town of Simpato, has a new assignment: covering a City Council meeting for the local newspaper, the Simpato Quack. What...

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Murder Without a Duck: A Simpato Mystery

In Simpato, California, the wine flows, the gossip spreads, and murder is always just around the corner. Recently divorced and temporarily suspended from practicing law, Sal DeVine is desperate for a fresh start. She retreats to her late parents’ home in the small Northern California town of Simpato, hoping for...

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About Claudia Hagadus Long

Claudia Hagadus Long is the author of seven novels, including the deeply emotional mystery series featuring Zara and Lilly: Nine Tenths of the Law and Our Lying Kin. Her books span centuries and topics, including the poetry of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (Josefina's Sin), the Hidden Jews of Mexico during the Inquisition (The Duel for Consuelo), women in the mining industry in 1753 (Chains of Silver), women in the labor movement in 1920s San Francisco (The Harlot's Pen), and the legacy of inherited trauma as a daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Her humorous mysteries are “sisters-books, family scandals with a mystery flowing through them.”