Bindweed

This was the best yet from this author. From start to finish it held me captive.

Janis Harrison has put together a gardening mystery series that makes me wish I had "the touch" for flowers -- arranging or growing. Ms.

In River City, Missouri, before she passed away from a terminal illness, Agnes Sutton arranged with the Hawthorne Street shopkeepers to hire her brain damaged son Toby to do odd jobs for them so that he can remain somewhat independent. Though only mentally functioning like a child, Toby is a dedicated helper doing his chores diligently like washing store windows and taking out the trash.