{"product_id":"9781472131515-nightshade","title":"Nightshade","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping and darkly atmospheric thriller set in Victorian London, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangers Diaries \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Silent Companions.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1851.  Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign her physic garden.  But plans are thrown into confusion when a man's skeleton is unearthed from beneath the deadly nightshade, a smaller, child-like skeleton curled at its feet. The body bears evidence of knife wounds to its ribs and arms, and is accompanied by a collection of macabre objects: a brass bowl, a curious coin-like token, a set of tiny ivory sculls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe police claim the victim is too long-buried for answers to be found, but for Jem, a corpse in her own garden is something that cannot be ignored.  The plans to the garden, laid out some forty years earlier, reveal a list of five names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jem and Will start asking questions, the murders begin.  Each victim has a past connection with the physic garden; each corpse is found with its jaw broken wide and its mouth stuffed with deadly nightshade. As they move closer to uncovering the truth Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain encounter a dark world of addiction, madness, power and death that strikes at the very heart of Jem's own history.  This time, the poison is personal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39575948296289,"sku":"9781472131515","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28368981.jpg?v=1722540770","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472131515-nightshade","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}