{"product_id":"the-language-of-flowers-eleanor-marchwood-9798295851285","title":"The Language of Flowers: A Larkspur Lane Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eNora Vane came to Larkspur Lane Community Garden to restore a Victorian walled garden. She did not come to investigate a murder. But when Desmond Goode - exasperating, magnificent, the finest grower on the site - is found dead in his greenhouse on a Tuesday morning, she cannot stop thinking about the unfinished temperature log, the small bottle of herb oil on his bench, and the odd little flower arrangement in the cut-glass jar that everyone else has already forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her brilliant, warm-hearted friend Rita at her side, Nora begins to ask questions. The site turns out to have no shortage of people with reasons to dislike Desmond: a property developer with an undeclared planning interest, a florist nursing a three-year grudge, a young delivery driver whose beloved hens were reported and rehomed. The investigation is almost fun - a puzzle for two friends to solve together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause somewhere in the greenhouse, Desmond left a clue. Not in the temperature log. Not in any note or letter. But in the flowers themselves - arranged with failing hands, in the Victorian language of flowers that almost nobody still knows - pointing directly at the one person Nora least suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarkspur Lane is a warm, witty, and beautifully plotted cosy mystery for readers who love gardening, friendship, and the particular satisfaction of a secret hiding in plain sight all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Richard Osman, Alexander McCall Smith, and The Thursday Murder Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Marchwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295851285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Marchwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.84d","brand":"Eleanor Marchwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001677160703,"sku":"9798295851285","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-of-flowers-eleanor-marchwood-9798295851285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}