Death by Noir finds Barclay Flint - the idiosyncratic owner of a wine shop in an idyllic Sussex town - forced to use his detection skills as a local vineyard owner goes missing.

Barclay Flint is the eccentric proprietor of The Bottle Bank wine shop in Lewes, the small Sussex town renowned for its annual Bonfire Night festival. Barclay can taste a kaleidoscopic universe in a single glass of wine.

Barclay passes his days matching his customers to wines, but when his friend, struggling regenerative vineyard owner Victor Crawshaw, goes missing, Barclay falls under suspicion and must deploy his wine detection skills to crack the case and clear his name. As the clock ticks down to Bonfire Night's festival of flames, the fireworks might not be all that start exploding.

Death by Noir is the first of The Bottle Bank Mysteries by Olly Smith.