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Can I read The Poisonous Seed on EtoBox?
The Poisonous Seed by Linda Stratmann [Stratmann, Linda] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Poisonous Seed about?
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 turns detective. Armed only with her wits, courage, and determination, and aided by some unconventional new friends, Frances uncovers a startling deception and solves a 10-year-old murder. There will be more deaths and a secret in her own family will be revealed, before the killer is unmasked and Frances finds that her life has changed forever.
Who reads The Poisonous Seed?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Linda Stratmann [Stratmann, Linda]
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780752463919
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (169 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- 01-The Poisonous Seed (2016)
- The Poisonous Seed: A Frances Doughty Mystery 1 (The Frances Doughty Mysteries) (2016)
- The Poisonous Seed: a Frances Doughty Mystery (2016)
- The Poisonous Seed : A Frances Doughty Mystery 1 (2011)
- The Poisonous Seed: A Frances Doughty Mystery 1 (The Frances Doughty Mysteries) (2011)
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