The Last Heir, Chuck Greaves
The Last Heir, Chuck Greaves
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The Last Heir
A Jack MacTaggart Mystery

Author: Chuck Greaves

Narrator: Dan Butler

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2014

Synopsis

An intriguing new case lures attorney Jack MacTaggart to the rarified air of California wine country in order to investigate the death of an heir to a Napa Valley empire.Monsieur Giroux is not a happy man. Of course, who could be happy while discussing the death of their son? Without an heir, his Ch├óteau Giroux winery will be inherited by another family member, its grapes plowed under to make way for a lucrative real-estate deal. Yet Giroux believes that his son may still be alive and hires MacTaggart to investigate.In the third entry in his Shamus Award–nominated series of legal mysteries, author—and sometimes vigneron—Chuck Greaves blends themes of greed and vanity, rivalry and revenge, bottles them with an unexpected murder, and pours forth a plummy magnum of page-turning mystery about a privileged but deeply dysfunctional American family.

About Chuck Greaves

Chuck Greaves is the pen name for American author Charles Joseph Greaves, who spent twenty-five years as an LA trial lawyer before turning his attention to writing. His debut novel, Hush Money, won the SouthWest Writers International Writing Contest and received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. 

About Dan Butler

Dan Butler, audiobook narrator, actor, writer, director, and producer, has had major roles on and off Broadway and has appeared in numerous television shows, including Frasier, House, and Monk. He cowrote and directed Karl Rove, I Love You and has appeared in such feature films as Crazy, Stupid, Love; Silence of the Lambs; Enemy of the State; and Fixing Frank, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by AJourneyWithoutMap on June 27, 2014

The Last Heir by Chuck Greaves is a breathtaking novel that revolves around the patriarch of the Château Giroux wine empire, Philippe Giroux, his sons Phil and Alain, their beautiful sister Claudia Giroux, film star Ethan Scott, Alain’s childhood friend Andy Clarkson and Los Angeles attorney Jack Ma......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on February 27, 2016

I occasionally read mystery novels and The Last Heir was no disappointment.......more

Goodreads review by Robert on December 27, 2021

Jack McTaggart has traveled to the Napa Valley to help his client contest a request that the court declare one of his sons legally dead. It looks like an easy case, until it turns out that the client and his daughter have been faking the son's credit card activity. That looks like the end of it, unt......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on June 15, 2021

I picked up this book at the used bookstore where I volunteer and didn't realize it was the third in a series. Greaves gave enough information that I didn't feel lost and the book stood well on its own. I liked the lawyer and his associates and will now go back and read the first two books. Jack MacT......more

Goodreads review by Erica on December 22, 2021

Totally entertaining with a smart ass lead character. A great vacation read.......more

Quotes

“Greaves’s intrigue-laden third Jack MacTaggart mystery takes the Los Angeles–based attorney to Napa Valley to represent Philippe Giroux, an elderly vintner holding the family business in trust for his two sons…Oenophiles should enjoy the Napa Valley flavor, and the legally savvy, irreverent Jack makes a fine tour guide.” Publishers Weekly

“A gripping look at a world where great resources and the best intentions can go horribly wrong.” Booklist

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