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Nightshade

By Thomson, E. S.

Nightshade Contemporary literature

Nightshade

By Thomson, E. S.

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London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign her physic garden. But plans are thrown into confusion when a man's skeleton is unearthed from beneath the deadly nightshade, a smaller, child-like skeleton curled at its feet. The body bears evidence of knife wounds to its ribs and arms, and is accompanied by a collection of macabre objects: a brass bowl, a curious coin-like token, a set of tiny ivory sculls. The police claim the victim is too long-buried for answers to be found, but for Jem, a corpse in her own garden is something that cannot be ignored. The plans to the garden, laid out some forty years earlier, reveal a list of five names. When Jem and Will start asking questions, the murders begin. Each victim has a past connection with the physic garden; each corpse is found with its jaw broken wide and its mouth stuffed with deadly nightshade. As they move closer to uncovering the truth Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain encounter a dark world of addiction, madness, power and death that strikes at the very heart of Jem's own history. This time, the poison is personal.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2021-10-07
Publication Date:
2021-10-07
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472131517
ISBN13:
9781472131515
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
258 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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