{"product_id":"beloved-poison","title":"Beloved Poison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e'Vivid, pungent and perilous' \u003cb\u003eCHRIS BROOKMYRE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Evocative...brilliant plotting'\u003cb\u003e REBECCA GRIFFITHS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark and richly atmospheric thriller, perfect for fans of Laura Purcell's \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Companions\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Perry's \u003ci\u003eMelmoth \u003c\/i\u003eand Elly Griffiths' \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon, 1846.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRamshackle and crumbling, St Saviour's Infirmary awaits demolition. Within its stinking wards and cramped corridors the doctors bicker and  fight.  Ambition, jealousy and hatred seethe beneath the veneer of  professional courtesy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways an outsider, and with a secret of her own to hide, apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a  handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old  chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a  long-forgotten past - with fatal consequences . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for E.S. Thomson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's rare that a book is Gothic enough for me, but \u003ci\u003eBeloved Poison\u003c\/i\u003e is killing it. The blood, the bones...' \u003cb\u003eLAURA PURCELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Complex, harrowing and highly enjoyable' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAILY EXPRESS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Marvellous, vivid . . . breathtakingly dark' \u003cb\u003eJANET ELLIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Jem Flockhart books are the best I've read in years' \u003cb\u003eKIRSTY LOGAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A marvel . . . thoroughly engrossing' \u003cb\u003eMARY PAULSON ELLIS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791140253875,"sku":"9781472122292","price":719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478115109781472122292.jpg?v=1762852435","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/beloved-poison","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}