The Secret Shop of Poisons

1791. On a cold February evening in the back streets of a small London alley, Nella waits for a new customer in her apothecary shop. Once a healer, she now uses her knowledge to help desperate women free themselves from... men who have treated them cruelly and deceitfully. That evening, instead of a customer, a twelve-year-old Eliza appeared at her doorstep, and this encounter led to unexpected events that put Nella herself and all the women whose names she carefully keeps in her journal in danger. Present day. Caroline Parswell has sacrificed much for her family, most importantly her career as a researcher. And now, on the eve of her wedding anniversary, she learns of her husband's infidelity and heads to London to distract herself and regain her composure. Caroline wanders aimlessly through the city, sinking deeper into her feelings. And unexpectedly, she finds a small antique vial on the banks of the Thames.