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Sweet Poison: A twisty Golden Age murder mystery
Paperback
Series: Lord Edward Corinth & Verity Browne, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
ISBN13: 9781917417457
Publisher: DP Books
Published: Nov 24 2025
Pages: 374
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
A must-read classic whodunit set in 1930s England, where murder, political intrigue, and high-society secrets collide.
It is August 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving Anglo-German relations. One of his guests is General Sir Alistair Craig VC, who swallows poison in the duke's excellent port and dies just as latecomers Lord Edward Corinth and journalist Verity Browne arrive on the scene.
The unlikely pair - the younger son of a duke and a journalist committed to the Communist Party - find common ground as they seek for the truth behind the general's murder and discover that everyone present, including the duke himself, had a motive for wanting Sir Alistair out of the way ...
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