| Edition |
Paperback edition. |
| Description |
359, 8 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
[Jem Flockhart ; #5] |
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Thomson, E. S.
Jem Flockhart mystery ;
#5.
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| Note |
Series information from Goodreads.com. |
| Summary |
"London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign her physic garden. But plans are thrown into confusion when a man's skeleton is unearthed from beneath the deadly nightshade, a smaller, child-like skeleton curled at its feet. The body bears evidence of knife wounds to its ribs and arms, and is accompanied by a collection of macabre objects: a brass bowl, a curious coin-like token, a set of tiny ivory sculls. The police claim the victim is too long-buried for answers to be found, but for Jem, a corpse in her own garden is something that cannot be ignored. The plans to the garden, laid out some forty years earlier, reveal a list of five names. When Jem and Will start asking questions, the murders begin. Each victim has a past connection with the physic garden; each corpse is found with its jaw broken wide and its mouth stuffed with deadly nightshade. As they move closer to uncovering the truth Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain encounter a dark world of addiction, madness, power and death that strikes at the very heart of Jem's own history. This time, the poison is personal."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Gardens -- Fiction.
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Toxicologists -- Fiction.
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Poisons -- Fiction.
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Poisoning -- Fiction.
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Human skeleton -- Fiction.
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Police -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- Fiction.
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Gardens. (OCoLC)fst00937895
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Human skeleton. (OCoLC)fst00963457
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Poisoning. (OCoLC)fst01068142
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Poisons. (OCoLC)fst01068184
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Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
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Toxicologists. (OCoLC)fst01153362
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1950
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Historical fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781472131515 (paperback) |
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1472131517 (paperback) |
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