John Sherwood
1913-2002
 

John Herman Mulso Sherwood was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Marlborough and Oriel College, Oxford. He is the creator of:
1. 'Charles Blessington', a civil servant with the Ministry of the Treasury and amateur sleuth.
2. 'Celia Grant', a botanist and amateur sleuth.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Charles Blessington' Novels
 1) Disappearance of Dr. Bruderstein (US Title: Dr. Bruderstein Vanishes [1949])  1949
 2) Mr. Blessington's Plot (US Title: Mr. Blessington's Imperialist Plot [1951])  1951
 3) Ambush for Anatol (Also published as: Murder of a Mistress [1954])  1952
 4) Two Died in Singapore  1954
 5) Vote Against Poison  1956
'Celia Grant' Novels
 1) Green Trigger Fingers  1984
 2) A Botanist at Bay  1985
 3) The Mantrap Garden  1986
 4) Flowers of Evil  1987
 5) Menacing Groves  1988
 6) A Bouquet of Thorns  1989
 7) The Sunflower Plot  1990
 8) The Hanging Garden  1992
 9) Creeping Jenny  1993
10) Bones Gather No Moss  1994
11) Shady Borders  1996
Other Novels
 1) Undiplomatic Exit  1958
 2) The Half Hunter (US Title: The Sleuth and the Liar [1961])  1961
 3) Honesty Will Get You Nowhere  1977
 4) The Limericks of Lachasse  1978
 5) The Hour of the Hyenas  1979
 6) A Shot in the Arm (US Title: Death at the BBC [1983])  1982

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