The lost apothecary /
Penner, Sarah,
The lost apothecary / Sarah Penner. - Large print edition. - 475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm - - Thorndike Press large print core . - Thorndike Press large print core series. .
Includes recipes.
1791. Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary's--and not everyone will survive.
9781432885700 1432885707
Poisoning--Fiction.
Pharmacists--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.
The lost apothecary / Sarah Penner. - Large print edition. - 475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm - - Thorndike Press large print core . - Thorndike Press large print core series. .
Includes recipes.
1791. Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary's--and not everyone will survive.
9781432885700 1432885707
Poisoning--Fiction.
Pharmacists--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Adultery--Fiction.
London (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.