The Bubbly Betrayal
(2026)(The first book in the Noelle Knight Wine Sleuth Cozy Murder Mystery series)
A novel by Lynn Joseph
After solving a centuries-old wine mystery, Noelle Knight has become a highly sought-after wine sleuth. Who knew that was even a thing?
By day, Noelle runs her thriving wine shop in Mermaid Bay.
By night, she’s weighing whether to take her sleuthing skills on the road to vineyards around the world.
She loves her Florida Keys small town, her Wine Down Wednesdays, and kayaking with her boyfriend Finn and their black cat, Cabby, short for Cabernet.
Then an invitation arrives from the tiny French village of Hautvillers:
come investigate a champagne harvest gone wrong.
France sounds like the perfect escape. Croissants. Cold bubbly. A little adventure.
And best of all, Finn can come too. So can Cabby. The cat is non-negotiable.
But when Noelle arrives, she finds more than sparkling wine and scenic charm.
A prominent figure connected to the historic Domaine Perón Abbey has turned up dead,
suspicion is flying in every direction, and the local gendarmerie seems far too willing
to let an outsider take the lead—and the blame.
With secrets buried in abbey walls, suspects around every corner,
and Cabby wandering exactly where he shouldn’t,
Noelle soon discovers that small towns are the same everywhere:
charming on the surface, complicated underneath.
The Bubbly Betrayal is a cozy small village mystery full of champagne, cobblestone streets, buried secrets, and a determined wine sleuth who would really prefer to enjoy a nice glass of bubbly in peace.
No gore or graphic violence.
Just a fun, light-hearted, delicious mystery to solve.
Grab your copy of Book 1 to start the series.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
By day, Noelle runs her thriving wine shop in Mermaid Bay.
By night, she’s weighing whether to take her sleuthing skills on the road to vineyards around the world.
She loves her Florida Keys small town, her Wine Down Wednesdays, and kayaking with her boyfriend Finn and their black cat, Cabby, short for Cabernet.
Then an invitation arrives from the tiny French village of Hautvillers:
come investigate a champagne harvest gone wrong.
France sounds like the perfect escape. Croissants. Cold bubbly. A little adventure.
And best of all, Finn can come too. So can Cabby. The cat is non-negotiable.
But when Noelle arrives, she finds more than sparkling wine and scenic charm.
A prominent figure connected to the historic Domaine Perón Abbey has turned up dead,
suspicion is flying in every direction, and the local gendarmerie seems far too willing
to let an outsider take the lead—and the blame.
With secrets buried in abbey walls, suspects around every corner,
and Cabby wandering exactly where he shouldn’t,
Noelle soon discovers that small towns are the same everywhere:
charming on the surface, complicated underneath.
The Bubbly Betrayal is a cozy small village mystery full of champagne, cobblestone streets, buried secrets, and a determined wine sleuth who would really prefer to enjoy a nice glass of bubbly in peace.
No gore or graphic violence.
Just a fun, light-hearted, delicious mystery to solve.
Grab your copy of Book 1 to start the series.
Genre: Cozy Mystery