Lake District Mysteries (Rebecca Tope)

The “Lake District Mysteries” series follows lead character Persimmon (Simmy) Brown, who has a day job working as a florist in Windermere working in a shop that she owns called “Persimmon’s Petals” and lives in Troutbeck, and winds up investigates a murder that happens at a hotel. She is a kind hearted woman who makes time for any requests that her clients ask of her, and she also sees something in her new assistant that makes her keep the girl on, and not try to find someone else. Simmy, after getting over a tragedy, has been throwing herself into her work as a way to heal. Her elderly parents live near her, and operate a bed and breakfast. Simmy is a character who seems very put together on the outside, but on the inside, nothing could be further from the truth. She has a lot of fears, and worries; she also does not make friends very easily. It would also seem that she has a phobia of snow. She has been married and divorced. In the books, Simmy gets pulled into murder investigations, through no fault of her own.