{"product_id":"beloved-poison-9781472122261","title":"Beloved Poison","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in a crumbling hospital in the 1850s, Beloved Poison is richly atmospheric and features cross-dressing apothecary Jem Flockhart.The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark  rust-coloured stains. It smelt of time and decay, sour, like old books  and parchments. The light from the chapel's stained glass window blushed  red upon it, and upon my hands, as if the thing itself radiated a  bloody glow.Ramshackle and crumbling, trapped in the past  and resisting the future, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and  fight.  Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of  professional courtesy.  Always an outsider, and with a secret of her own  to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says  nothing.And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a  handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags.  When Jem  comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old  chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a  long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences.In a trail that  leads from the bloody world of the operating theatre and the dissecting  table to the notorious squalor of Newgate and the gallows, Jem's  adversary proves to be both powerful and ruthless.  As St Saviour's  destruction draws near, the dead are unearthed from their graves whilst  the living are forced to make impossible choices.  And murder is the  price to be paid for the secrets to be kept.'Here's a tale of Victorian London to freeze your blood on a cold winter's night' - Evening Telegraph'Beloved Poison is a marvellous, vivid book with a thoughtful, engaging protagonist at its centre - and a fascinating story to tell. It's immaculately researched and breathtakingly dark' - Janet Ellis, author of The Butcher's Hook\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42978078392486,"sku":"9781472122261","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781472122261.jpg?v=1656105601","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/beloved-poison-9781472122261","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}