A Bouquet of Thorns - Celia Grant, Bk 6 Author:John Sherwood When Celia Grant, botanical expert and amateur sleuth, innocently agrees to judge the flower show in her little village, she unearths some dark secrets that could get her killed. — Managing her flourishing nurseries in the village of Melbury, Celia has few problems beyond coping with the flashpoint temper of her indispensable head gardener, young... more » Bill Wilkins. But the two are inevitably drawn into an uproar when somebody murders alcoholic, violent Simon Berridge and Bill is arrested, his conviction all but assured by lying witnesses. Celia, no less scheming than the crime's perpetrators, uses information about the village's leading citizens to put the blame where it belongs, though not without suffering damage to her own self-esteem.« less