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Mystery author Harriet Vane is on trial for the murder of her former lover, Phillip Boyes, a novelist and essayist who wrote in support of atheism, anarchy, and free love. Professing to disapprove of marriage, he persuaded a reluctant Harriet to live with him against her principles and they led a Bohemian life in the London art community. A year later, he proposed, but Harriet, outraged at being deceived into giving up her public honour, broke off the relationship.During the following year, Boyes suffered from repeated bouts of gastric illness, while Harriet had bought several poisons under assumed names to test a plot point of her novel then in progress. Having returned from a holiday in North Wales in better health, Boyes dined with his cousin, the solicitor Norman Urquhart, before going to Harriet's flat to discuss reconciliation. That night, he was taken agonisingly and fatally ill, apparently with gastritis.It was first assumed that Boyes died of natural causes, but an indiscreet nurse and some of Boyes' friends insisted that foul play was involved. A post-mortem revealed that Boyes had died from acute arsenic poisoning. Apart from the evening meal with his cousin in which every item was shared by two or more people, the only opportunity to administer poison appeared to be a cup of coffee, offered by Harriet Vane.
| ISBN-13 | 9781973207078 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1973207079 |
| Weight | 0.61 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $5.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 146 pages |
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| Published On | 2017-11-02 |
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