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Poisoned blood
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Philip E. Ginsburg |
This shocking, bizarre true crime story revolves around Audrey Marie Hilley, the complex, sexually charismatic woman who poisoned her first husband, faked her own death and returned as her imaginary … |
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The secret poisoner
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Linda Stratmann |
"Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground wh… |
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Inheritor's Powder
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Sandra Hempel |
This is the story of how an infamous murder case led to the birth of modern toxicology. In the 19th century criminal poisoning with arsenic was frighteningly easy. For a few pence and with few questi… |
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Poisons and poisoners
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C. J. S. Thompson |
Thompson's history begins with mythology and primitive man and continues into the 20th century. In between we discover the many types of poisons and their origins, including hemlock, hellebore, arsen… |
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A Triptych of Poisoners
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Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert |
A rare nonfiction book by Jean Plaidy (also known as Victoria Holt), this "triptych" (or 3-part work) examines 3 notorious poisoners, each one guilty of multiple murders: Cesare Borgia, of the infamo… |
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Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death
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M. C. Beaton |
agatha raisin series are very humourous and good as a light read. ...if you want something to just escape for a bit and nothing too heavy then these books are for you. |
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