Beautiful and mysterious student Marion Summers goes into a seizure at the Reading Room of the London Library, slips into a coma, and dies shortly thereafter. The autopsy reveals the cause as acute arsenic poisoning -- and there's no reason for Summers to have been exposed to this once-common, now-rare poison. With the help of her superior, DCI David Brock, newly promoted DI Kathy Kolla of the Serious Crime Unit of Scotland Yard investigates.

Poison - A Novel of the Renaissance

In the simmering hot summer of 1492, a monstrous evil is stirring within the Eternal City of Rome. The brutal murder of an alchemist sets off a desperate race to uncover the plot that threatens to extinguish the light of the Renaissance and plunge Europe back into medieval darkness.

It's True! You Eat Poison Every Day

Psst! It's true! This is the best book on POISONS you'll ever read! There's poison in pips, harm in herbs and definitely death in dyes. Poison is everywhere! Read about toxic wallpaper that killed even bedbugs. Find out why buns were bad for bun-buyers and how a poison might cure cancer. Bone up on murder mysteries, including the one about glow-in-the-dark soup. But don't tell anyone how much you know, or they might lock you up. WARNING contains toxic tales and putrid potions DO NOT SWALLOW

Poison Heart: A Novel of Suspense

Fall comes to Pepin County with a vengeance as Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins confronts a new evil festering beneath the placid surface of the Wisconsin farm community. A refugee from the Twin Cities, Claire has slowly adapted to small-town life–especially now that she loves and lives with Rich Haggard. But in this rural area, other folks are dangerously restless.

Strong Poison

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiancE died in the manner prescribed in one of her books, a jury of her peers had a hangman's noose in mind. But Lord Peter Wimsey was determined to find her innocent--as determined as he was to make her his wife.