Rainbow Vintner

by Geza Tatrallyay

Overview

Morgan Kenworthy—a Berkeley student studying abroad and a guest of the de Carduzacs, family friends who have a chateau in St. Émilion in France—uncovers a coup against the government of France. Soon after she arrives, a bombing at the Brassault Aviation plant kills several ministers. The investigation, led by General Tolbert, the head of French intelligence and friend of Joseph de Carduzac, points to jihadists. However, clues Morgan unearths about Joseph's past suggest that the two blew up the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in 1985 and committed other nefarious acts while serving President Mitterand. After another explosion, killing most of the cabinet, Tolbert announces that he is in charge. As General Tolbert suspects she knows about the plots, Morgan's life and the life of her lover, Alex, Joseph's stepson, are in danger. Morgan tries to leave Europe for the US but is thwarted, and Alex is captured by the general's thugs. Now the two must rely on their wits, and their friends, for survival until they can convince the French Government who the real criminals are...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163188475
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	02/16/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	425 KB

About the Author

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Geza Tatrallyay escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was school captain. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 (after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo’70 in Osaka, Japan). Tatrallyay was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA/MA in Human Sciences in 1974. He completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. He represented Canada as an epée fencer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

Tatrallyay’s professional experience has included stints in government, international organizations, finance, and environmental entrepreneurship. Since 2004, he has been semi-retired, managing a few investments mainly in the clean energy sector and devoting himself to his family and his writing. Tatrallyay is a citizen of Canada and Hungary, with an American wife, a daughter living in San Francisco, and a son in Nairobi, and currently divides his time between Barnard, Vermont, and San Francisco. His published works include: “Sophie, My Dear” (short story translation from Hungarian), in Saturday Night, October, 1977; “A Wanderer’s Evensong” (after Goethe), Quarry, Summer, 1983, Volume 32/3; “Dawn Dreams,” American Poetry Anthology, Spring/Summer, 1983, Vol. II, No. 1-2; “Echoes,” Pierian Spring/Autumn, 1983; “Autumnal Question,” Quarry, Winter, 1984, Volume 33/1; “Let’s Give Business An Incentive It Understands” (with A.J. Cassils), Globe & Mail, October 21, 1988; “Portfolio Pollution, The Greenhouse Gas Risk Factor,” (with P. Bodnar), The RMA Journal, June, 2003; “Arctic Meltdown,” a political / environmental thriller, e-published on Amazon and Smashwords, December, 2011; Twisted Reasons, a collection of poems (P.R.A. Publishing, 2015); For the Children, the narrative memoir of the author’s escape from Hungary and immigration to Canada, (Editions Dedicaces, 2015); The Expo Affair, the memoir of three Czechoslovak girls who approached the author during Expo70, the world’s fair in Osaka, Japan to help them defect to Canada, (Guernica Editions, 2016); and “Café Scene,” SunStruck Magazine, April, 2016;

Editorial Reviews

Like Tatrallyay's other books, this one is a page turner that will keep you glued to the edge of your seat all the way through. Thriller fans will love it.

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Taylor Jones

Combing mystery, suspense, espionage, and a hint of romance, Rainbow Vintner will keep you enthralled from the very first page. I couldn't put it down.

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Regan Murphy