Order by 12PM ET on 6/11 for Delivery by Father's Day | Find a giftOrder by 12PM ET on 6/11 for Delivery by Father's Day | Find a gift

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Paperback
$20.00
2|
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.
Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —The New York Observer

“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times

“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths.”
—NPR: What We're Reading

A fascinat...