EAN: 9781472911322

A IS FOR ARSENIC - KATHRYN HARKUP KARTONIERT (TB)

Shortlisted for the BMA Book Awards and Macavity Awards 2016 Fourteen novels. Fourteen poisons.
Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ... Agatha Christie revelled in the use
of poison to kill off unfortunate victims in her books  indeed  she employed it more than any
other murder method  with the poison itself often being a central part of the novel. Her choice
of deadly substances was far from random - the characteristics of each often provide vital
clues to the discovery of the murderer. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is
obvious  but this is not the case with poisons. How is it that some compounds prove so deadly 
and in such tiny amounts? Christie's extensive chemical knowledge provides the backdrop for A
is for Arsenic  in which Kathryn Harkup investigates the poisons used by the murderer in
fourteen classic Agatha Christie mysteries. It looks at why certain chemicals kill  how they
interact with the body  the cases that may have inspired Christie  and the feasibility of
obtaining  administering and detecting these poisons  both at the time the novel was written
and today. A is for Arsenic is a celebration of the use of science by the undisputed Queen of
Crime.

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