John Sherwood (1913 - 2002) was an

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. He wrote the cozy Celia Grant Horticultural mystery series, amongst others.

Bibliography

Charles Blessington series

* ''Disappearance of Dr. Bruderstein'' (1949) * ''Mr. Blessington's Imperialist Plot'' (1951) * ''Ambush for Anatol'' (1952) (US title: ''Murder of a Mistress'') * ''Two Died in Singapore'' (1954) * ''Vote Against Poison'' (1956)

Celia Grant series

* ''Green Trigger Fingers'' (1984) * ''A Botanist at Bay'' (1985) * ''The Mantrap Garden'' (1986) * ''Flowers of Evil'' (1987) * ''Menacing Groves'' (1988) * ''A Bouquet of Thorns'' (1989) * ''The Sunflower Plot'' (1990) * ''The Hanging Garden'' (1992) * ''Creeping Jenny'' (1993) * ''Bones Gather No Moss'' (1994) * ''Shady Borders'' (1996)

Other novels

* '' Undiplomatic Exit'' (1958); shortlisted for Gold Dagger Award * ''Half Hunter'' (1961) (US title: ''The Sleuth and the Liar'') * ''Honesty Will Get You Nowhere'' (1977) * ''The Limericks of Lachasse'' (1978) * ''Hour of the Hyenas'' (1979) * ''A Shot in the Arm'' (1982) (US title: ''Death at the BBC'') 1913 births 2002 deaths British crime fiction writers 20th-century British novelists {{UK-novelist-stub