The poison garden
By: Sarah Singleton
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781847382979
Subjects: Pharmacists; Grandparent and child; Teen fantasy fiction; Fiction
Description: Thomas has inherited a magical box from his dead grandmother, which provides entry into a mysterious garden where her ghost warns him she was poisoned. She once belonged to an arcane guild, whose members each cultivated a garden and mastered the arts of poison, perfume and medicine. The remaining guild member jostle for power as, one by one, they are murdered. Can Thomas solve the mystery before he in turn is threatened?