The Name Of The Rosé
GENRE
COMEDY MYSTERY
Core Theme
A GROUP OF FRIENDS DECIDES TO INVESTIGATE A CRIME THEMSELVES
TIME PERIOD
Contemporary
COMPARABLE TITLES
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, SIDEWAYS, WINE COUNTRY, MURDER SHE WROTE
CHARACTER LIST
• ANNIE ""HALSEY"" HALL: 34. LEAD. OUTSPOKEN, ENGAGING, FUNNY, HONORABLE, CHARMING. SEEMS TO ENJOY GETTING HERSELF INTO A BIT OF TROUBLE.
• THE CLUB IS COMPRISED OF HALSEY'S BEST FRIEND SALLY, FROZEN YOGURT SHOP OWNER AIMEE, WIDOW PEGGY, JOURNALIST MARY ANNE, AND HALSEY’S YELLOW LAB, BARDOT
Logline
The ladies of the Wine Club take a break from sipping their rosé to put a cork in murder. . .
Target Audiences
Age: 35-54
Target Gender: Female leaning
Setting
Mar Vista, California
Based on a True Story
No
Publishing Details
Status: Yes: with a Publisher
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
Year Published: 2018
Starting Description
Annie "Halsey" Hall could get used to this—sitting around the pool savoring the latest wines with the ladies of the Rose Avenue Wine Club. But when a small plane crashes at the local airport two streets away and drugs are found addressed to BFF Sally, Halsey has to wing it to unmask a murderer.
Ending Description
Being suspected of drug smuggling is bad enough, but when a young mechanic who works at the airport is found murdered, the club springs into action. The trail starts with a flight simulator and ends on the tarmac as the ladies bring justice to another killer.
Group Specific
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Hard Copy Available
No
ISBN
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Mature Audience Themes
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Plot - Other Elements
Twist, Happy Ending
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain
Main Character Details
Name: Annie "Halsey" Hall
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Leader, Outspoken, Visionary, Engaging, Funny, Honorable, Charming, Decisive, Gracious, Confident, Sarcastic, Skillful, Adventurous, Blunt, Empathetic
Additional Character Details
Name: Halsey's her best friend Sally, frozen yogurt shop owner Aimee, widow Peggy, and their newest member, journalist Mary Anne. And #1 sidekick, Bardot, Halsey’s yellow lab. There are two other people that are very important to Halsey, prying next door neighbor and octogenarian Marisol and boyfriend Jack, a canine rescue team trainer and volunteer.
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Adventurous, Aspiring, Empathetic, Engaging
Additional Character Details
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Brief
The quirky women that makeup the Wine Club in Mar Vista may seem like ordinary gossip girls, but
when a murder shakes their lives, they must band together to solve the mystery and clear their friend
of any wrongdoing.
What We Liked
- Great hook - A wine club that solves mysteries has vast comedic potential and is something
we haven't seen before;
- Thrilling mystery that pours suspense at every turn, still managing to be funny;
- Nancy Drew grown up - starring the Desperate Housewives;
- Clever, compelling female leads;
- Definitely franchise or TV series potential.
Synopsis
Mid 30's Annie “Halsey” Hall spends her days sipping wine with the ladies of the Rose Avenue Wine
Club, but the fun turns to intrigue when a small plane crashes at a local airport just minutes away.
Charlie, a friend, was the pilot. Drugs were found inside the crashed plane addressed to Halsey's best
friend Sally, and the women have no choice but to get involved, thus sending the club from gossip to
detective work.
The ladies rush to the hospital to meet Charlie. It becomes clear that he had no idea he was flying
narcotics. He was just told it was cargo from a local restaurant. The women go there and meet Britt.
She's a new waitress who just moved up from San Diego. They try to ask her for a bit of information
but are unable to get anything promising. As the girls are leaving, they run into Jeb, a retired doctor.
He is acting as if he's been drugged, and can't seem to remember the events of the day.
When Jonas, a young mechanic who works at the airport, is found murdered, the plot thickens.
Halsey decides to go to the aquarium to try and learn more about the fish that was stuffed with the
drugs. She figures if she could learn the origin, she might have a shot at figuring out where this came
from. She's not wrong - turns out the fish can only be found in Nicaragua.
The girls take an impromptu trip to San Diego where they meet a waitress named Chloe. She is quick
to cut off the conversation when she is asked about a certain fish on the menu. Very fishy indeed.
They also learn that Jonas has a pilot's license, but only in Nicaragua. The same place where you can
find the drug packed fish.
The women concoct a plan to fake a drug delivery at the airport and see who ""bites"" at the cargo
bringing brought in. They call in Charlie, the pilot, and he is down to help.
The women all wait while the plane lands. Rusty, an employee they previously spoke to, comes
rushing out to get the cargo - and then, with hands up, admits that he was involved, but not the
mastermind. Chloe and Britt, actually sisters, were helping Jonas, the leader, deliver drugs into the US.
Jeb, the doctor, was being blackmailed into helping, in order to get medicine for the inner city youth.
When he tried to quit, Jonas fought him, causing Jeb to stab Jonas with the drug for self-defense,
killing him. Mystery solved.