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Elmer Kelton, author of more than forty novels, grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. For forty-two years he had a parallel career in agricultural journalism.

Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Among his best-known works have been The Time It Never Rained and The Good Old Boys, the latter made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones.

He served in the infantry in World War II. He and his wife, Ann, a native of Austria, live in San Angelo, Texas. They have three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Odile, matriarch of the far-flung Annesley clan, had retreated to the old farmhouse surrounded by acres of vineyards in tragedy's wake. Now her many descendants will gather here to celebrate her eightieth birthday -- and to hear the terms of her will. Menace and murder slip in through the big house's door -- undetected.

Publishers Weekly

...should find eager readers...