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He believes in her innocence, but could he be falling for a killer?
Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!
1806 Hertfordshire - The worst held secret in town is that shy Poppy Morton has been in love with Tom since they were children. Unfortunately, Tom has long been in love with Mary, Poppy’s vivacious best friend.
When Tom proposes marriage to Mary, it breaks Poppy’s heart, But when Mary demands Poppy break his heart in return by refusing his offer for her, Poppy refuses. She won’t destroy Tom’s hopes and ruin their friendship, even if it means losing her own heart in the process.
But Mary won’t take no for an answer, and when the best friends have the fight to end all fights, Poppy ends it by shoving Mary through a glass door.
Shocked, heartbroken, and humiliated, Poppy flees. But the next day a handsome constable, Henry Dyngley, shows up at her door. A carriage has overturned on the road and a young woman’s body has been found. Poppy is the only suspect.
Will Poppy be able to prove her innocence? Or will she lose her heart again as she and Dyngley search for a killer?
Welcome to book 1 in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!
1806 Hertfordshire - The worst held secret in town is that shy Poppy Morton has been in love with Tom since they were children. Unfortunately, Tom has long been in love with Mary, Poppy’s vivacious best friend.
When Tom proposes marriage to Mary, it breaks Poppy’s heart, But when Mary demands Poppy break his heart in return by refusing his offer for her, Poppy refuses. She won’t destroy Tom’s hopes and ruin their friendship, even if it means losing her own heart in the process.
But Mary won’t take no for an answer, and when the best friends have the fight to end all fights, Poppy ends it by shoving Mary through a glass door.
Shocked, heartbroken, and humiliated, Poppy flees. But the next day a handsome constable, Henry Dyngley, shows up at her door. A carriage has overturned on the road and a young woman’s body has been found. Poppy is the only suspect.
Will Poppy be able to prove her innocence? Or will she lose her heart again as she and Dyngley search for a killer?
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Constable Henry Dyngley is new to the small town. The locals are very unhelpful in his quest to find a killer. They have made up their minds who did it.
This historical murder / mystery is very different to most, being set among ordinary people not high society . Those people have a stricter set of morals and demand more obedience from young women.
It's very difficult to guess the killer, so many suspects and nobody talking.
Very interesting story. I felt really sorry for our poor heroine. As this is the first in a new series I'm hoping we will meet these characters again.
Good fun.
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I write novels. I'm a member of the Hertford Writers’ Circle and won the Sci-Fi London Film Festival’s 2014 48 hour Flash Fiction challenge.
When not penning stories I'm an avid reader, a decent epeé fencer, and live with my husband and cat Arya, named after the Game of Thrones character.
When not penning stories I'm an avid reader, a decent epeé fencer, and live with my husband and cat Arya, named after the Game of Thrones character.
