The Poisonous Seed (Frances Doughty Series #1)

The first in a new Victorian murder mystery series set in London, featuring a clever and determined young female sleuth

When a customer of William Doughty's chemist shop dies of strychnine poisoning after drinking medicine he dispensed, William is blamed, and the family faces ruin. William's daughter, 19-year-old Frances, determines to redeem her ailing father's reputation and save the business. She soon becomes convinced that the death was murder, but unable to convince the police, she tur...