"Rich in psychological insight . . . Tope is particularly skilled in creating interesting and unique characters." -Deadly Pleasures

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and business at Persimmon "Simmy" Brown's flower shop is booming. But when Simmy fulfills a string of anonymous delivery orders, she is startled to realize that each contains a secretly menacing message for the recipients. When one of the people who receives a bouquet disappears, it seems that her worst fears have been confirmed.

As if that isn't enough, Simmy's friend Kathy turns up, on the trail of her wayward daughter Joanna, who she fears has grown too close to one of her university tutors. When Kathy attempts to reason with her daughter she finds that Joanna's older lover may be even more dangerous than she had imagined. With both Kathy and Joanna in peril, Simmy and her friends find themselves caught up in a web of deception, blackmail and murder . . .

Author: Rebecca Tope
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Witness Impulse
Published: 10/18/2016
Series: Lake District Mysteries
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780062567451

About the Author
Tope, Rebecca: -

Rebecca Tope is the author of four murder mystery series--featuring Den Cooper, Devon police detective; Drew Slocombe, undertaker; Thea Osborne, house sitter in the Cotswolds; and now Persimmon Brown, Lake District florist. She is also a "ghostwriter" of the novels based on the ITV series Rosemary & Thyme.