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The Poison Book

The Poison Book

Update: 2025-06-25
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How crime writers turned pharmaceutical regulations into plot points.


My guest for this episode is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her book V is for Venom: Agatha Christie’s Chemicals of Death is available now.


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Books mentioned in this episode:
A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie by Kathryn Harkup
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Wychford Poisoning Case by Anthony Berkeley
Family Matters by Anthony Rolls


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The Poison Book

The Poison Book

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