Description
"Noted mystery writer Harriet Vane claims to have been purchasing fatal poison under assumed names for an entirely innocent reason: as research for her next crime novel. Unfortunately for her, the purchases occurred just before her former lover was murdered by arsenic--and she seems to have been the last person to see him alive. Lord Peter is initially drawn to the case by curiosity, but upon visiting the prisoner he becomes convinced of her innocence--and falls in love with her. Harriet's first trial ends in a hung jury and he must race against time to find the real killer before his beloved's second trial concludes"-- Back cover.
