The Hawkshead Hostage

Summer has come to the Lake District town of Windermere, where Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown runs her own florist shop. With the shop struggling for money, a contract to provide floral displays for a hotel in Hawkshead couldn't have arrived at a better moment. However, Simmy's association with the hotel soon turns sinister when she finds a body in the lake. Then her friend, Ben Harkness - who alerted her about the body - goes missing and is thought to be kidnapped. While simultaneously trying to cope with her father's encroaching dementia, solving the puzzle seems a gruelling challenge, but Simmy is compelled to uncover the truth...