The perfect poison
Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants -- and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. For, Lucinda possesses the unique talent of being able to detect poisons. But the death of a lord ha...
| Main Author: | Quick, Amanda. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
G. P. Putnam's Sons,
2009.
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants -- and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. For, Lucinda possesses the unique talent of being able to detect poisons. But the death of a lord has shaken Lucinda to her core. At the murder scene, she picks up traces of a poison containing a very rare species of fern. So rare, in fact, that only one specimen exists in all of England -- and it was stolen from her conservatory just last month. To keep her name out of the inquest and to find the murderer, Lucinda hires fellow Arcane Society member Caleb Jones. |
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| Item Description: |
"An Arcane Society novel"--cover. |
| Physical Description: |
340 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780399155802 0399155805 |
| Author Notes: |
She has written under seven different names: Jayne Bentley, Amanda Glass, Stephanie James, Jayne Taylor, Jayne Castle, Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz. Her first book, Gentle Pirate, was published in 1980 under the name Jayne Castle. She currently uses only three personas to represent her three specialties. She uses the name Jayne Ann Krentz for her contemporary pieces, Amanda Quick for her historical fiction pieces, and Jayne Castle for her futuristic pieces. She has written numerous books under the pseudonym Amanda Quick including Surrender, Scandal, Seduction, Affair, With This Ring, I Thee Wed, Garden of Lies, Burning Lamp, and Quicksilver. She has received numerous awards for her work including the 1995 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Trust Me, the 2004 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award for Falling Awake, the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award, the Romantic Times Jane Austen Award, and the Susan Koppelman Award for Feminist Studies for Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. She made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2017 with her title, The Girl Who Knew Too Much. (Bowker Author Biography) |