The perfect poison
By: Amanda Quick
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Isis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780753184431
Subjects: Women botanists; Psychic ability; Arcane Society (Imaginary organization); Fiction
Description: Plagued by rumours that she poisoned her fiance, Lucinda Bromley lives on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants - and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. But the death of a lord has shaken Lucinda to her core. At the murder scene, she picks up traces of a poison containing a very rare species of fern - stolen from her conservatory just last month. To keep her name out of it, and to find the murderer, Lucinda hires fellow Arcane Society member, Caleb Jones. As desire blooms between them, they are drawn into a deadly conspiracy that can be traced to the early days of the society - and to a legacy of madness that could plunge Caleb into the depths of his own tortured soul.
Notes: Adult.