The Poisonerโs Ring
Synopsis
A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion. Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know sheโs not housemaid Catrionaโฆ A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion. Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know sheโs not housemaid Catriona Mitchellโeven though Mallory is in Catrionaโs bodyโand Mallory is now officially an undertakerโs assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home. Men are dropping dead from a powerful poison, and all signs point to the grieving widowsโฆthe latest of which is Grayโs oldest sister. Poison is said to be a womanโs weapon, though Mallory has to wonder if itโs as simple as that. But she must tread carefully. Every move the household makes is being watched, and who knows where the investigation will lead.
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