The Botanist's Guide to Poisons and Parties

London, 1923. In the academic world, there are its own secrets and rules. At a dinner party, one of the professors' wives is poisoned by an unknown toxin; this audacious crime stirs the entire university. The main suspect becomes Dr. Maxwell.
But Shaffran Everly, his student, does not believe in her mentor's guilt. She decides to conduct her own investigation and find the real criminal. Neither the male professors nor the police take her seriously, because she is a woman. Shaffran searches everywhere for evidence and, using her deep knowledge of botany, experiments with poisons. She cannot manage alone, and a colleague-researcher, Alexander - a mysterious young man who is hard not to be drawn to - comes to her aid.
But the more secrets Shaffran uncovers, the more dangerous her investigation becomes.
Who is the mysterious poisoner, and why did he do it?