Brut Force by Peter Stafford-Bow

Brut Force by Peter Stafford-Bow

Felix Hart, a wine buyer at the top of his game, finds himself compromised by a ruthless, multi-national drinks corporation. Forced to participate in a high-profile, corrupt wine competition, Hart is drawn into a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse, pursued by blackmailers, assassins and organic wine fanatics. The action moves from the Byzantine intrigue of the Minstrels of Wine to France's most glamorous chateaux, Hart relying on his quick wits, fine palate and a touch of muscle to stay ahead of his enemies. But he meets his match in Lily Tremaine, a beautiful and passionate sommelier, who disrupts his easy, pleasure-seeking life and turns his world upside down.

Brut Force is the second Felix Hart novel and the sequel to Corkscrew.

...incredibly entertaining, lively, fun, and one of the best fiction books I've read in a very long time.

Miquel Hudin

...a humour and swagger that combines elements of Wodehouse and MacDonald Fraser...

Nick Breeze, Secret Sommelier.com

''It's an insane novel. It's clever ... and brilliantly conceived.

Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com

In the mid-1970s, Peter Stafford-Bow was born into a drinking household in the north of England. He dropped out of university to seek a career in booze as a precocious, self-taught imbiber. He became a supermarket buyer after managing numerous low-end London wine merchants, a position that sparked his lifelong passion for food, other people's hospitality, and general frolicking. Stafford-Bow came to the UK to pursue a literary career after living in East Asia and South Africa. Corkscrew, Brut Force, and Firing Blancs are his three best-selling novels. With his beer executive girlfriend, an huge wine collection, and his pet ferrets, Brett and Corky, he lives in London.