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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
320
Utgivningsdatum
2025-06-19
Förlag
Bloomsbury Sigma
Dimensioner
216 x 135 x 25 mm
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454 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781399413077

V is for Venom

Agatha Christie's Chemicals of Death

av Kathryn Harkup
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2025-06-19
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Fourteen stories. Fourteen more poisons. Just because it's fiction doesnt mean it's all made-up ... Agatha Christie is renowned for her captivating plots and creative ways of killing off ill-fated victims. And what better way to add intrigue to a story than poison? The surreptitious ways they can be administered and the characteristic symptoms they produce make these killer chemicals the ideal method of murder in a whodunit. Christie perfected the use of poisons in her plots; her deft and varied use of toxic substances is one of her great strengths as a writer. But how is it that some compounds prove so fatal, and in such tiny amounts? The follow up to Kathryn Harkup's best-selling A is for Arsenic, V is for Venom is a compelling exploration of Christies use of poisons and her extensive chemical knowledge. Featuring fourteen more poisons from the works of Agatha Christie, this book investigates the science behind the deadly substances, the history of their use in real-life murder cases, and how feasible was it to obtain, administer and detect these poisons in Christies time and today. Combining Christies murder mysteries, chemical science and true crime, V is for Venom is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of Crime.
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Kathryn Harkup is a former chemist turned author. She writes and gives regular public talks on the disgusting and dangerous side of science. Her first book was the international best-seller A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, which was shortlisted for a Mystery Readers International Macavity Award and a BMA Book Award. Her other books include Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts and Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond.

Innehållsförteckning

The Queen of Crime A is for Arrow Poison The Case of the Caretaker (Miss Marples Final Cases) B is for Bacteria Cards on the Table C is for Calmo The Mirror Crackd from Side to Side F is for Formic Acid The Lemesurier Inheritance (Poirots Early Cases) G is for Gas A Caribbean Mystery H is for Hydrochloric Acid Murder in Mesopotamia J is for Jasmine The Big Four M is for Mickey Finn Passenger to Frankfurt N is for Nitroglycerin The Chocolate Box (Poirots Early Cases) O is for Oxalic Acid Murder is Easy P is for Procaine One, Two, Buckle My Shoe S is for Scopolamine Philomel Cottage (The Listerdale Mystery) T is for Taxine A Pocket Full of Rye V is for Venom Death in the Clouds Appendix: Christies Causes of Death Selected Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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