Strong Poison

A young woman stands accused of poisoning her lover with arsenic—and the evidence against her is damning. She had motive, opportunity, and intimate knowledge of the poison that killed him. The jury fails to reach a verdict, but a retrial looms, and the Crown seems certain of a conviction.

A nobleman-detective attends the trial on a whim and leaves utterly convinced of the accused’s innocence—and rather more than convinced of her other merits. With only weeks before the retrial, he must unrav...