A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
Kate Khavari
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The Lost Apothecary meets Dead Dead Girls in this fast-paced, STEMinist adventure.
Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London.
Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleaguesā beliefs about womenās academic inabilities and not so subtle hints that her deceased fatherās reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn.
When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesnāt expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professorsā wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.
Dr. Maxwell, Saffronās mentor, is the main suspect and evidence quickly mounts. Joined by fellow researcher--and potential romantic interest--Alexander Ashton, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons to clear Maxwell's name.
Will she be able to uncover the truth or will her investigation land her on the murdererās list, in this entertaining examination of societyās expectations.
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Kate Khavari
Ā
The Lost Apothecary meets Dead Dead Girls in this fast-paced, STEMinist adventure.
Debut author Kate Khavari deftly entwines a pulse-pounding mystery with the struggles of a woman in a male-dominated field in 1923 London.
Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is determined to blaze a new trail at the University College London, but with her colleaguesā beliefs about womenās academic inabilities and not so subtle hints that her deceased fatherās reputation paved her way into the botany department, she feels stymied at every turn.
When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesnāt expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professorsā wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin.
Dr. Maxwell, Saffronās mentor, is the main suspect and evidence quickly mounts. Joined by fellow researcher--and potential romantic interest--Alexander Ashton, Saffron uses her knowledge of botany as she explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons to clear Maxwell's name.
Will she be able to uncover the truth or will her investigation land her on the murdererās list, in this entertaining examination of societyās expectations.
